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60 years! Tribute to the longest aircraft in US Military production - C-130 Hercules
Lockheed celebrated the 60 year anniversary with a new C-130 variant, the MC-130J with updated props, digital flat screen cockpit, modernized amenities, and more. Here's to another 60 years Herc! (www.cnn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I can remember as a young airman and visiting a friend in the tower at Davis Monthan in 1969, the "cab daddy". Newby on local control. Broke 4 f4's midfield which was standard, cleared a C130 of some type for a 9 mile straight in, which was standard, and cleared a U2 for left hand break, which was standard. Dad liked to have knocked me down getting to a mic to untangle everything. Newby said " Dad, that's what you told me to do" Dad said " yeah but I didn't tell you to clear them all at the same time. Sent the 130 and the F4's around as U2 recovery folks were already on runway. We were a SAC base at that time so the blackbirds had priority.
Preacher man, batten down the hatches, you've got some hard rain and thunder bumpers coming your way. It just pounded us.
Whereabouts you at.? Last I looked on the radar it was still way up in NW AR.
I'm about 20 miles South of KRUE by the road. 10 by air, 3 West of KMPJ.
I'm a couple of hours West. I PCSd to Texarkana last fall
I got to say praise the Lord. It washed out just before it got to us, came across with just a breeze and light rain, then refired after it got past here. Sounds like IL got it worse than anybody.
I was a KSUU for the open house/airshow many years back. While on the flight deck one of the airmen told me they where going to decommission the C130, the C17 was supposed to replace it. Then to my surprise I go some years later and, uh, a C130 with glass panel. Now 6 bladers, friggin' cool!! Mmmm, I wonder what the next upgrade will be???