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    Enlisted Drone Pilots

    in Aviation Discussion (non-c130)

    Posted

    Enlisted RPA pilots must fly solo… “as part of the Air Force’s IFT program, which is mandatory for all manned aircraft pilots, combat systems officers and remotely piloted aircraft pilots.”

     The Air Force announced on Dec. 17, 2015, the initiative to train enlisted RPA pilots for RQ-4 Global Hawk flying operations. As a result, the Enlisted Pilot Initial Class began Oct. 12 with four students training alongside 20 recently commissioned officers.

     “The integration of enlisted RPA pilots into RQ-4 Global Hawk operations is part of a broader effort to meet the continual RPA demands of combatant commanders in the field, ensuring they are provided with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities in their areas of responsibilities worldwide,” said Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James.

     See full story http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/996754/first-two-enlisted-pilots-complete-solo-flights.aspx

    C is for controlled documents

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    Not sure if paper documents are used much anymore. Here’s an Airman changing an antenna. The work instructions are on an I Pad (rotate speed-handle counterclockwise to loosen… etc). Electronic documents would make revision control a snap, but may not add to document security. 

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    C is for controlled documents

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    TO 1C-130E(H)-1 is for sale on EBay for $25.

    It is dated: change 1   15 October 2004

    The title page says:

    Distribution Statement – Distribution authorized to the Department of Defense and U.S. DoD contractors only…

    Warning – This document contains technical data whose export is restricted by the Arms Export Control Act…. Violations of these export laws are subject to severe criminal penalties.

    Handling and Distribution notice – Comply with distribution statement and destroy by any method that will prevent disclosure of the content(s) or reconstruction of the document.

    This may be an old document but some of these planes are still flying. Should sale of TO’s be allowed?

    Six Hercs against Zika

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    Ohio congressmen committed to expanding mission of 910th

    Airlift Wing

    Published: 5/6/16 @ 12:10

    By David Skolnick

    [email protected]

    VIENNA

    U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, along with U.S. Reps. Tim Ryan and Bill Johnson, said they are committed to bringing new equipment and expanding the mission of the 910th Airlift Wing.

    The unit at the Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Vienna is the military’s only large-area fixed-wing aerial spray unit.

    Portman, a Republican from the Cincinnati area, said the unit is not being utilized to its fullest potential.

    Portman wrote a letter Thursday to Deborah Lee James, secretary of the Air Force, asking why the 910th isn’t being used to spray to stop the spread of the Zika virus. Zika, spread largely through the bite of infected mosquitoes, usually has only minor symptoms, but if a pregnant woman gets it, Zika can cause serious birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s website.

    In the letter, Portman wrote he was concerned about “the lack of a comprehensive federal strategy to protect the public against the Zika virus and other rapidly spreading infectious diseases,” and the 910th should be used to control the spread.

    Portman added: “Emerging infectious diseases constitute a clear and persistent threat to the health and well-being of U.S. citizens. The rapid pace at which global disease outbreaks have occurred in recent years demonstrates the critical need for the federal government to have a whole of government approach to stop infectious disease.”

    Portman and the two House members spoke Thursday at the Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission’s annual meeting at the base. The commission was created in 2015 to highlight the military value of the station and other installations in eastern Ohio, and the significant roles they play in national defense and the local economy. The station is the fourth-largest employer in the area.

    “In Washington, we all have our disagreements, but this base and its impact is not one of them,” said Ryan, of Howland, D-13th.

    Johnson, of Marietta, R-6th, added: “It’s a great facility and a great mission and the folks here do it so well. ...We advocate and fight for [the station] with everything we’ve got.”

    The three congressmen helped get $9.4 million in an appropriations bill late last year for a new indoor firing range facility at the air station.

    Portman said he and U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, are urging the Air Force to replace the eight C-130H aircraft at the center with new C-130Js.

    The station had 12 C-130Hs until four were moved to other military bases in 2013.

    A new C-130J costs $67 million, said Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr., the 910th’s superintendent of public affairs.

    The existing C-130Hs at the base are from 1989 and 1990, and most of the aircraft’s parts are no longer made, he said. That’s resulted in the station’s machine shop making those replacement parts, he said.

    Johnson etal airplane

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Dutch said:

    This is nice but what is it and what was it for???

    Hi Dutch,

    The Lockheed Corporation engineers mentioned above submitted and were awarded this patent for the C-130 Hercules basic design. Over the years there are many other patents related to the details of what the aircraft is made up of, but this one shows the original design concept. The patent has long since expired; it is now part of the public domain. For some, it may have historical value giving credit to the design engineers and their innovative invention.

    Casey,

     Sure you can add it to the files section.

    Robert

     

    Johnson etal airplane

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    Johnson etal airplane

    US D172969 S

    DESCRIPTION  (OCR text may contain errors)

    Sept. 7, 1954 Filed Oct. 1, 1953 C. L. JOHNSON ETAL AIRPLANE Des. 172,969

    4 Shets-Sheet 1 INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR.

    EUGENE C. F 0ST By Sept. 7, 1954 c. JOHNSON ET AL 172,969

    AIRPLANE Filed Oct. 1, 1953 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINSJR.

    P a 1954 c. L. JOHNSON ET AL Des- 172,969

    AIRPLANE 4 Sheets-Sheet :5

    Filed 001.

    . INVENTORS CLARENCE L. JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR.

    EUGENE C. FR ST Ag em p 1954 c. L. JOHNSON ET AL Des. 172,969

    AIRPLANE 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Oct. 1, 1953 INVENTORS CLARENCE L.JOHNSON WILLIS M. HAWKINS JR EUGENE C. FsT

    Patented Sept. 7, 1954 Des. 172,969

    UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE AIRPLANE Clarence L. Johnson, Encino, Willis M. Hawkins, In, North Hollywood, and Eugene 0. Frost, Burbank, Calif., assignors to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif.

    To all whom it may concern:

    Be it known that we, Clarence L. Johnson, Willis M. Hawkins, Jr., and Eugene C. Frost, all citizens of the United States residing at Enoino, North Hollywood, and Burbank, respectively, in the State of California, have invented a new, original, and ornamental Design for an Airplane, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

    Figure 1 is a persepective view showing the top, front and one side of an airplane embodying our new design;

    Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the bottom, rear and other side thereof;

    Figure 3 is a top plan view thereof;

    Figure 4 is a front elevation thereof; and

    Figure 5 is a side elevation thereof.

    The landing gear has been omitted from Figure 2 for convenience of illustration.

    The dominant features of our design reside in those portions shown in full lines.

    We claim:

    The ornamental design for an airplane, as shown and described.

    References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date D. 143,511 Sutton Jan. 8, 1946 D. 151,713 Pulver et al. Nov. 9, 1948

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    I see the target

    in C-130 Historical

    Posted

    I see the target, a large one ... I am attacking the target... (The target is a transport, four· engine ... The target is burning ... There's a hit! ... The target is banking ... I am opening fire .. , The tail assembly [ is falling off] ... Look at him, he will not get away, he is already falling . , . He is falling ... The target has lost control, it is going down ... The target has turned over ... The target is falling, ..."  transcript Soviet MiG-17 pilot

    On the 2nd of September 1958, Soviet MiG-17 pilots shot down a US Air Force reconnaissance-configured C-130A aircraft (tail number 60528), with 17 crewmen aboard, over Soviet Armenia. The MiG-17 attacked the unarmed aircraft after it inadvertently penetrated denied airspace. It crashed near the village of Sasnashen, 34 miles northwest of Yerevan, the Armenian capital.

    http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/c-130-shootdown-09021958/

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    Flight Hour Awards

    in C-130 General

    Posted

    Evidently Lockheed Martin Aeronautics presents milestone pins and certificates for C-130 pilots and crew members who log 1,000; 2,000; 5,000; and 10,000 hours on a C-130.        If you’re a current or former C-130 operator and would like to receive an award for your flight hours, you can fill out this form and email/send it to Kelly Shiple, who can also be reached at +1 770-494-9189. Not sure but attached picture may be what the 1000 hour pin looks like.

    Ooops I searched and this was already posted by Llecrupt Aug 2012

    http://www.c-130hercules.net/forums/topic/5415-flying-hour-milestone-pins-contact-at-lockheed/?do=findComment&comment=24705

     

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    C130 FHA Request.pdf

    Enlisted Drone Pilots

    in Aviation Discussion (non-c130)

    Posted

    In some ways the drone operators have a more stressful mission than active crews. The drone operators track the target for hours / days in real time and see up close who they are going to kill and then analyze the damage (sometimes collateral) done.  It’s not just getting close and letting GPS smart bombs find a predetermined target. I say pay them combat pay, sign on bonuses, future PTSD disability claims, and give the operators who can hack it a metal or two. 

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