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New Hotel-model walk-around available. This is s/n 78-0811 "lest we forget....their sacrifice....our freedom" from the 911AW of the PA ANG in Pittsburgh.

link Seen August 21, 2011 Latrobe, PA.

A few highlights:

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The nose art one I shared back nearer the time I took the photos. Sorry for the repeat. Hope you enjoy the photos!

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New Hotel-model walk-around available. This is s/n 78-0811 "lest we forget....their sacrifice....our freedom" from the 911AW of the PA ANG in Pittsburgh.

link Seen August 21, 2011 Latrobe, PA.

A few highlights:

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The nose art one I shared back nearer the time I took the photos. Sorry for the repeat. Hope you enjoy the photos!

That is an ex Oklahoma City airplane.

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Holmes- thanks for looking!

FlyARGuard - yes, 78-0811 is an ex-OK ANG bird as you pointed out. You have sharp eyes! This is noted on my Webshots page as a caption to this photo, but I neglected to explain that here on ARC. I was speaking to one of the flight crew in the cockpit (a Nav I believe) and he told me that the heat out in OK had toasted a lot of the insulation on the wiring, and the Pittsburgh folks have needed to do a lot of work on this. Maybe these planes don't like the change in climate?

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First time seeing the MC-130 armed. This must be something new.

If you mean the second photo of the MC-130W, then that is a 30mm gun. It gives the MC-130 a limited gunship cabability.

More info on the MC-130W Dragon Spear and the Precision Strike Package can be found here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/mc-130w.htm

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Mark,

I saw on the Dyess web site that the base just go their 12th J-model.

Are all the Dyess 74-XXXX Herks going away and getting replaced with J models?

If they are, I'm going to miss seeing all the old birds I used to work on. :crying2:

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