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C-130s, the amazing HERK!


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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!

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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...

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Iraqi...(ex-USAF)

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Ramstein...(E-model)

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Yokota...

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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

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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

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A few photos of ANG, AFRC and Active C-130s I've taken at various bases over here....

Mark

Baltimore and Channel Islands...

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Rhode Island...

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Lineup #1 - Youngstown, Bragg-Pope and Little Rock...

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Same as above with Yokota and my Herc from Dyess...

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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

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