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I was a dock chief and instructor on F-4Es at Seymour Johnson in the late 70\'s. Left active and went to Herks in the guard.

Miss the fast burners though.

This is kind of a funny story from a civilan perspective on a C130 trip to Coronet Oak.

http://savannahnow.com/node/499268

I think I did read that story in the NYT a couple months ago.

For two very modest Flight Engineers, (FE) they were just doing their job. WO Ray Tanguay and MCpl Dale Warren, from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron were honoured with a Canadian Air Force Flight Safety \'For Professionalism\' Awards. Both members took intervening actions that averted a potential aerial disaster of a U.S. C-130 Hercules aircraft on Nov. 26, 2007, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

For the complete story:

http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/World/2008/05/01/5437381-sun.html

The U.S. news media reported fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan on March 3, but said nothing about the Horn of Africa, where AC-130 gunships of Air Force Special Operations Command have been quietly helping in a small-scale, unorthodox war against extremists.

For the full story follow this link:

http://www.armytimes.com/community/opinion/airforce_backtalk_gunships_042808/

I\'ll give L-R a year and they will be at about a 60% FMC rate.

Story of a Coast Guard rescue this morning (11 April 08) off the coast of N.C.

A C-130 crew was the first Coast Guard asset to arrive on scene

Full story........

http://www.wnct.com/midatlantic/nct/news.apx.-content-articles-NCT-2008-04-08-0018.html

The inquest comes after a British Ministry of Defence inquiry found the Hercules C-130 was probably shot down by a missile fired by insurgents on the ground.

Full Story........

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/world/inquest-on-first-australian-to-die-in-iraq/2008/03/30/1206850709601.html

Mexican C-130

JUAREZ -- While hundreds of Mexican soldiers armed with automatic rifles arrived in C-130 Hercules aircraft Friday to overpower warring drug gangs, the U.S. State Department reiterated its earlier advice that travelers should be careful when visiting Mexico.

Link to the entire article....

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_8736370?source=most_viewed

Friday, March 21, 2008

Unconfirmed: large plane down in Butte County

UPDATE: No Aircraft down -

Butte Sheriff canceled, calling it false alarm after contacting pilot. CDF canceling. Apparently a large milair plane was flying low and witnesses saw it clip tree top?...

For the full article follow the link......

http://calfire.blogspot.com/2008/03/unconfirmed-large-plane-down-in-butte.html

The first problem with this was you were watching NBC Nightly News.

Jacob DeShazer of Salem took part in World War II\'s legendary Doolittle Raid, endured more than three years as a Japanese prisoner of war and later teamed up with his wife, Florence, to serve as a Methodist missionary in Japan for nearly 30 years.

DeShazer, 95, died Saturday night at the Lancaster Village assisted-living facility, said Ruth Kutrakun, the youngest of the couple\'s five children.

Full Story:

http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080318/NEWS/803180337

Thanks for the post. I tried to find it earlier but couldn\'t.

- Larry

I can\'t address your request for articles, but the Marines got us a couple of brakes in Pakistan back in \'02. We tore up two brakes flying bladders of fuel into Afganistan (ANG aircraft). We did some trading with the maintenance guys for the brakes and got us back in the air in a couple of hours.

Semper Fi.

- Larry

There are quite a few good C130 videos loaded on You Tube.

Great video, thanks for posting.

The second Charlotte tail in California was 93-1563.

- Larry

Looking good so far Casey. Seems to be easier to use than the last one. Thanks for your time.

-Larry