[Signalman]

Actually, Perry flew C-130s. That pic was put out by his campaign and that's a jet fighter trainer he's standing next to. Some might say that's a little deceptive since you could get the impression that he was a fighter jock. OTOH, the C-130, a four engine turbo-prop, is an impressive aircraft in it's own right.

C-130

[OwenKellogg]

For years, every C-130 pilot got his/her start in a T-37, then a T-38 — the “fighter jet” pictured above.

All pilot candidates had to be qualified in the T-38, which has a fighter variation called hte F-5. Perry’s pic with the T-38 is a validation that he was an Air Force pilot.

[IMTOFT]

My father flew C-130s for the 135th MD ANG. I think they are now part of the 175th. That looks like one from the 135th. Where did you get the picture? That’s pretty cool...

He liked them, but always acknowledged that the pilots had the best seats on the plane - depending upon the configuration, they could be pretty uncomfortable for the passengers. I worked with a gentleman who served a year in Vietnam as a USAF technician - they flew a C-130 to Vietnam. Said he still had bruises from that trip.

[ExNewsExSpook]

That photo was obviously taken during the second half of Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). Until a few years ago, all UPT candidates spent the first half of the program flying T-37s “Tweets,” before moving on the to T-38 Talon during the second part of the program. So Perry logged some hours in that aircraft before he became a Herk driver.

These days, a prospective C-130 pilot would start off in the T-6 Texan II, then move on to a joint, multi-engine turboprop course run by the Navy at NAS Corpus Christi. After that, it’s on to Little Rock for C-130 training. A few Herk pilots arrive at Little Rock after flying the T-1 Jayhawk during the second half of UPT.

And regardless of what you wind up flying, dummies don’t graduate from UPT.

[ExNewsExSpook]

That photo was obviously taken during the second half of Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). Until a few years ago, all UPT candidates spent the first half of the program flying T-37s “Tweets,” before moving on the to T-38 Talon during the second part of the program. So Perry logged some hours in that aircraft before he became a Herk driver.

These days, a prospective C-130 pilot would start off in the T-6 Texan II, then move on to a joint, multi-engine turboprop course run by the Navy at NAS Corpus Christi. After that, it’s on to Little Rock for C-130 training. A few Herk pilots arrive at Little Rock after flying the T-1 Jayhawk during the second half of UPT.

And regardless of what you wind up flying, dummies don’t graduate from UPT.

[Wallop the Cat]

Fighter jocks, in my humble opinion and in my experience, are a-holes anyway.