darren Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Here are some pics of a Jordanian Herc at Fairford last weekend. A Portugese Air Force Herc. And a Chilean Air Force Herc. Thanx for looking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 That roman nose is a C-130A? I note it has the outer wing tanks and a rather nice Euro 1 scheme...I thought the roman nose was gone by the Euro 1 generation. I saw one in the early nineties on our Herc base, the only difference from the aircraft pictured here is the one I saw still had the three bladed props. And the FE told me the aircraft only had 1700 hours on the airframe! At the time most of the E's and H models in my unit had 30,000 plus hours! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Interesting tail art on that Jordanian Hercules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Phartycr0c Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 (edited) My Turn! I put this on another thread but here it anyway! Riat 06 Edited July 23, 2008 by Phartycr0c Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Ok, that Pakistani Hercules beats out the Jordanian one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 A few of the Herks over here in the desert. The ones from Ramstein and Yokota I've flown. The others were just targets of opportunity! Mark Japanese... Iraqi...(ex-USAF) Ramstein...(E-model) Yokota... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 C-130 Co-pilot training device. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S.C.Williams Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 C-130 Co-pilot training device.Mark Thats hilarious Nice pics Dad :P Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vesper Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 B-E-A-Utiful! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cagie Posted July 25, 2008 Share Posted July 25, 2008 yep, Classic... Love it. Sounds a bit like firearms training 101.... the end which the bullets come out is called the "Angry end"...the other end is where you hold your weaponm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted July 30, 2008 Share Posted July 30, 2008 Great copilot training device! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchf4 Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Anyone knows what unit this stretched -J is from? It says 'Flying Jennies' on the tail. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gmat Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Don't know anything about the aircraft, but the Flying Jennies are the 815th AS and fly out of Keesler AFB. Used to be 815th WRS until replaced by the 53rd WRS. The 815th AS became a regular trash hauler after that. Grant Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinxx1 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 L-100-30 I might have posted this one before. And a Southern Air Transport L-100-20 from 1984. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jinxx1 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 (edited) C-130A 57-0500 served with the RAAF as A97-207 And a couple of C-130Es from 1979. Edited August 1, 2008 by jinxx1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 A few more C-130s from "the desert" I've taken the past few weeks. Here are some L-100s. See the one that Jinxx1 posted. I've seen it around the past few days over here. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 An interesting "oops". It's hard to tell but this is a UAE C-130 that ran off the runway at a particular airfield in the OEF area of operations. I was told that it landed long, ran off the runway, and was towed back to this spot where I took the photos over a period of a couple days. (The runway is to the left of the first photo. The aircraft is sitting off the end of the old runway used now as a taxiway.) You can see the damage from the fire but it appears the crew was able to feather the props and escape. That's about all the details I know of. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 A few photos of ANG, AFRC and Active C-130s I've taken at various bases over here.... Mark Baltimore and Channel Islands... Rhode Island... Lineup #1 - Youngstown, Bragg-Pope and Little Rock... Same as above with Yokota and my Herc from Dyess... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 A few miscellaneous shots... Mark An unimproved parking spot at an assault field... An EC-130 from Davis-Monthan... Me holding up the tail at that assault field... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 And some non-US Herks... Mark Japanese (Sorry about the quality on this one!) RAAF RAF Italy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 That all white one by jinxx looks beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
S.C.Williams Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 Oh golly gee Dad!! I hope the tail didn't fall over!! Nice pics Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F106A Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 A couple more shots from over here. Interesting paint job (?) on the RAF J-model. The other one is the best shot I could get of a Kuwaiti Herc at OKBK. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JP34 Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Hey i have flown in that RAF herc on the last photo.That was in Afganistan Kabul- KAF. Or there are more of these paint schemes. Nice set of in theater pics. Be save!! Gr Jan P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Tapsell Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Those panels are self-adhesive neoprene 'FOD protection'. They are designed to protect the aircraft from grit and stones on unprepared fields. They have been applied the bellies of 'K' models for some time, but are now appearing on the sides of the 'J' models as well as over the bellies (more powerful engines creating more backblast and therefore greater spread of grit). The long-term intention is for all RAF Herks to 'go green' once again as they pass through major overhauls. In the meantime, the pre-coloured neoprene panels have been applied to the grey aircraft. (Now how do you get all those lovely little holes replicated in 1.72 scale????) Regards, John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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