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I was wondering... are those visible orange objects that are sitting on the back of the ramp pumpkins ?

Anyone know where this a/c is hangered (permanent party location) based on the PD designator on the vertical fin?

24 posted on 05/01/2004 12:59:59 PM PDT by railsplitter (with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)

I can answer all. First the orange things are what is call a MA1 kit. It is simply two 7 man life rafts tied with line together with 3 other bundles that hold survival equipment. This MA1 kit must be rigged up and ready to be deployed into the water when helicopter air refueling happens over water. If you look closely at the pic there is water out there, and part of that refueling track is over water. The HC-130 is at Patrick AFB in Florida now. PD on the tail is for Portland, OR. At the time the pic was taken it was on loan to Fl from PD. It now has FL on the tail.