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| Maj. David Kurle
Posted on 06/27/2006 4:48:52 PM PDT by SandRat
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Capt. Andrew Sides scans for another aircraft while flying a C-130 Hercules on a combat mission over Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on Monday, June 19. Captain Sides is a pilot deployed to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, from the Delaware Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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posted on
06/27/2006 4:48:56 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: 91B; HiJinx; Spiff; MJY1288; xzins; Calpernia; clintonh8r; TEXOKIE; windchime; Grampa Dave; ...
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posted on
06/27/2006 4:49:14 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/27/2006 4:53:10 PM PDT
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitor)
To: SandRat
And I thought you were going to mention a DC-3! ;)
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posted on
06/27/2006 4:56:18 PM PDT
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: SandRat
LAPES ping
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posted on
06/27/2006 4:56:18 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: SandRat
The obvious question is left unanswered: how many of these precious workhorses are left?
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:01:34 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: Publius6961
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:04:44 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: Publius6961
The C-130J is still in production
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:06:46 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(3.03)
To: SandRat
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:08:22 PM PDT
by
ASA Vet
(3.03)
To: SandRat
Spent a good bit of time in the back of C-130s - as cargo. :-) Hauled from place to place.
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:10:19 PM PDT
by
PeteB570
(Guns, what real men want for Christmas)
To: SandRat
The C 130 is a work horse that doesn't go away because there is nothing that can replace it. The same way with the C 47/ DC 3. It is still around today, even though the design dates back to the 1930's.
There is a company in Oshkosh that restores DC 3's and C 47's outfitting them with turbo prop engines. Almost 60 or 70 years after being built, this company is grabbing up C 47's and DC 3's and modernizing them.
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:11:18 PM PDT
by
joem15
(If less is more, then what is plenty?)
To: Publius6961
As many as you wish to buy. Lockheed/Martin is still cranking them out in Marietta, GA.
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:19:38 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
To: SandRat
When you really think about what America is accomplishing, it really makes you proud. From the team receiving the supply drops, the citizens paying the bills right down to the guy who designed the head on the Hercules.
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:23:07 PM PDT
by
IamConservative
(Who does not trust a man of principle? A man who has none.)
To: SandRat
And McCain keeps sending out a letter that says the AF doesn't need C-130s.
To: SandRat
I have been on board on C-130 in flight and in the cockpit. Its a fantastic plane.
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posted on
06/27/2006 5:37:29 PM PDT
by
garbageseeker
(Gentleman, you can't fight in here, this is the War Room - Dr. Strangelove)
To: Publius6961
The obvious question is left unanswered: how many of these precious workhorses are left? They, C-130J's are still being built down in Georgia. But here is the current inventory from the Air Force Fact Sheet on the C-130:
Inventory: Active force, 186; Air National Guard, 222; Air Force Reserve, 106
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posted on
06/27/2006 6:15:03 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: SandRat
I wonder if the UV-18S (Twin Otter)(see more at http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/uv-18.htm) might be a very good fit as well. The Army Guard uses them here in Alaska to good effect. Seems like the sandbox would be a good fit for high speed medevac, fast ammo resupply and so on.
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posted on
06/27/2006 6:57:35 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: ASOC
I should think that Otters and Beavers would both work well.
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posted on
06/27/2006 7:44:13 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
THey would make a FAST air ambulance - and can land on "unimproved" runways and fields. Heck, up here they land on sandbars and just about any open area with tundra tires.
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posted on
06/27/2006 9:12:33 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(The phrase "What if" or "If only" are for children.)
To: Publius6961
Lots and lots and lots. They're still coming off the assembly line.
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posted on
06/28/2006 5:48:29 AM PDT
by
ops33
(Retired USAF Senior Master Sergeant)
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