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To: DesertRhino
"In 2002, a C-130, call sign Tanker 130 owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviation of Greybull, Wyoming and operated under contract to the United States Forest Service (USFS), had its wings fall off mid-flight as it was fighting northern Californian wildfires."

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-sad-story-of-tanker-130-the-c-130-whose-wings-fall-off-during-the-2002-fire-season/

32 posted on 11/12/2025 6:30:52 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: T.B. Yoits

That’s the one. Here’s another.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_United_States_Marine_Corps_KC-130_crash


34 posted on 11/12/2025 6:36:26 AM PST by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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