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To: DesertRhino

I flew on C-130s during my Marine days back in the early 1980s. Even then, the C-130s were long in the tooth.


13 posted on 12/05/2018 4:58:57 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Fortunately, most US C-130s are of relatively recent production - and the C-130 is still in production in a multiply modernized and updated variant so parts are available.

The F-18s in Marine service, though... some of them are older than the pilots flying them.


14 posted on 12/05/2018 5:12:03 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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