[Mike Fieschko]

Found through Pope AFB down to 6 operational C-130s at Airborne Combat Engineer blog.

Tried to get the formatting to work, but I couldn't quite do it.

[Valin]

Pope's C-130 fleet shrinks to six planes [that's Pope AFB, North Carolina]


So how many does the Vatican have now?

Well SOMEONE had to ask.


FYI 392 steps to walk around one. AMAZING what you find out at 2:00am when you're bored out of your mind and have to stay awake.

[rdb3]

C-130 rollin' down the strip!

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[TommyDale]

This same base was home to the A-10 aircraft, and the funding was so bad during the latter Clinton Administration years that there were parts shortages. When one plane landed, the maintenance crews would have to remove some parts so they could get another one off the ground. The military was in an extremely pathetic state at that point, and isn't really that much better now.

[Khurkris]

Darn...I thought this was anothe JIIPII thread.

Air Vatican -> C-130 rollin' down the strip...Pope JP gonna' take a little trip...

[clyde asbury]

Six fully loaded C-130s is a good start on North Carolina's illegal immigration problem.

[AlaskaErik]

I was in Okinawa a few weeks ago when a C-130 parked next to us. It was a 1962 E model. Even being generous and assuming it was delivered in 1963, that still makes it a 42 year old airplane! We have to do better than that! It's too bad that Lockheed shut down the H3 line. Those could be cranked out one after another for a whole lot less than the J model.

[PAR35]

If McCain and his buddies are opposed to the "J" it must be good for the country.

[Alia]

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[southernnorthcarolina]

Shouldn't we find out who the new Pope is before we... Oh, wait. You didn't mean that Pope? Sorry. Never mind.

[kayak]

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