A most useful airplane. Where is that kind of simple straightforward thinking now days? I have flown many to many places in them. It may be a bit slow, but it will get you there. My last trip in one before leaving the Air Force, was a two hour flight to one of Sadam's air fields in 1991 to do a little combat engineering. A low level, high wind bumpy afare....what a ride!
And here we are, some 33 years later. Removing Saddam was a tragic mistake. But, we can never admit error, can we? It would open up a Pandora's Box of other preventable tragedies the U.S. has caused.
Since I was in Boot Camp in 1984? There are two military aircraft that I recognize just from the sound they make Alone! They are the C130 and the Bell Huey! I still rush out side ir to a window to see them! C130 rolling down the strip! Marine Corps Daddy gonna take a little trip! Stand up, buckle up and shuffle to the door! Jump right out and shout Marine Corps! Oh the Memories!
Feelings of nostalgia watching this video. I worked as an avionics technician on A and B models from 1970 to 1976. As a full time Air Reserve Technician we worked on all the avionics, comm, nav radar, doppler radar, TACAN, VOR etc. It was the job of my entire adulthood that I miss the most and I enjoyed the most. We worked shop and flight line maintenance and really knew the aircraft and the systems. Things have changed so much since those days!
I'm privileged to live near Schenectady Airport in NY. The ski equipped C-130's fly from Stratton ANG base there. Sometimes they fly quite low over my house. What a great sight.
My favorite aircraft. Worked these at Depot as a mechanic for 10 years and as a workload planner for an additional 6 years. Lots of mods and structural upgrades on the legacy versions. It is a great job to change the center wing box out on these. Sad to see most all of the legacy fleet put in the boneyard. The C-130J and the C-130 Hs left with the NP2000 props just doesn't sound the same. Kinda like when the C-5 swapped the old TF-39s for the CF6 engines. I have worked on all the legacy variants including the gunships, Talon I and Ii, and the HC/MC tankers.
Recognize at least 1 tail number - 400496, My old squadron the 2AS had that and 0498 among others, I got to fly them a few years after this video was made as a Loadmaster. Loved the E model
I’m constantly amazed at how most American military aircraft used today and in recent conflicts all originate from the 1940s, 50s and 60s design/build concepts. Not much has really changed since then…
Flew as a solo passenger from Kaikoe, wise Owl exercise back to Ohakea, during the Vampire era. Grass strip, emergency take off. Was very exciting for a lad.
I jumped out a bunch of these under parachute. I also landed in a bunch of these. Still not sure which is the better option. But landing in Baghdad with an approach of entirely swirilling down was unique in all my flying experience.
Although I was in the Army, the C-130 factors into two of my favorite stories; Flying into Toncontin Airport in Honduras and Ilpango Airport in El Salvador.
I still see them flying out of the local Air Reserve base. This film must have been made before they rolled out the AC130 gunship version. Those things could lay down an impressive volume of fire in a close support role for ground troops.
It was rather classified at the time and was in development. They started using them in 1968 they were based on an A model back then. They were used more to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail and destroy trucks. What you see in USAF today is the J model which are either brand new or a major rebuild of a low time H. How do I know this? I’m a USAF veteran and by step dad is a USAF veteran and former sensors operator on an AC-130A. Cool thing they had a highly classified device that could detect the ignition coils of Soviet trucks as the engine ran. Also the first air portable FLIR system.
I enlisted in '67, and remember reading about the use of C47s as gunships prior to the 130s assuming that role. And yes, I also know some of the 130s still flying, like a lot of the B52s, are older than their crew. Like the old Timex watch ads say, they just keep on ticking.
@@tristanholland6445All of the legacy ACH, ACU and ACW gunship are retired now. Nothing but new build ACJs flying now with AFSOC. I saw the last ACW last year at Cannon AFB right before it shipped out to AMARG.
Interesting how the designers got this timeless configuration just right. Some say the B52 will be the 100 year old airplane, I think the C130 is it. Obviously the A model not flying but the basic design is still here. So what did these guys do to make this design perfect?
The fact that they still build them today is remarkable. Granted they have modern components but the same foundation in place. Too bad BOEING is too blasted stupid to understand that but I digress.
Most military technology is older than you think. Those were used for photo reconnaissance a lot in Vietnam. They were also used a lot against North Korea and by the Taiwanese at US/CIA direction against coastal PRC.
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A most useful airplane. Where is that kind of simple straightforward thinking now days? I have flown many to many places in them. It may be a bit slow, but it will get you there. My last trip in one before leaving the Air Force, was a two hour flight to one of Sadam's air fields in 1991 to do a little combat engineering. A low level, high wind bumpy afare....what a ride!
And here we are, some 33 years later. Removing Saddam was a tragic mistake. But, we can never admit error, can we? It would open up a Pandora's Box of other preventable tragedies the U.S. has caused.
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My father was a mechanic of these wonders.
Since I was in Boot Camp in 1984? There are two military aircraft that I recognize just from the sound they make Alone! They are the C130 and the Bell Huey! I still rush out side ir to a window to see them!
C130 rolling down the strip!
Marine Corps Daddy gonna take a little trip!
Stand up, buckle up and shuffle to the door!
Jump right out and shout Marine Corps!
Oh the Memories!
Feelings of nostalgia watching this video. I worked as an avionics technician on A and B models from 1970 to 1976. As a full time Air Reserve Technician we worked on all the avionics, comm, nav radar, doppler radar, TACAN, VOR etc. It was the job of my entire adulthood that I miss the most and I enjoyed the most. We worked shop and flight line maintenance and really knew the aircraft and the systems. Things have changed so much since those days!
Very useful for import/export operations throughout the 70's and 80's.
Lockheed really was making fine products in the 50's and 60's.
They have been a local staple of the air around me for my whole life, one of my favorite aircraft.
I'm privileged to live near Schenectady Airport in NY. The ski equipped C-130's fly from Stratton ANG base there. Sometimes they fly quite low over my house. What a great sight.
My favorite aircraft. Worked these at Depot as a mechanic for 10 years and as a workload planner for an additional 6 years. Lots of mods and structural upgrades on the legacy versions. It is a great job to change the center wing box out on these. Sad to see most all of the legacy fleet put in the boneyard. The C-130J and the C-130 Hs left with the NP2000 props just doesn't sound the same. Kinda like when the C-5 swapped the old TF-39s for the CF6 engines. I have worked on all the legacy variants including the gunships, Talon I and Ii, and the HC/MC tankers.
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Recognize at least 1 tail number - 400496, My old squadron the 2AS had that and 0498 among others, I got to fly them a few years after this video was made as a Loadmaster. Loved the E model
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It's wild to think this aircraft is still in service! Even more wild to think that it's likely to continue in service for the foreseeable future.
I turned 20 years old in 1966😊
i was -2 😄 but i sure enjoyed growing up in the 70s-80s. Good times in the rural south...
I was born in 1966
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I’m constantly amazed at how most American military aircraft used today and in recent conflicts all originate from the 1940s, 50s and 60s design/build concepts.
Not much has really changed since then…
We are currently updating from the C-130H to the C-130J for our RNZAF. The only plane that can replace a Herk is a Herk! 👍✈️🇳🇿
Flew as a solo passenger from Kaikoe, wise Owl exercise back to Ohakea, during the Vampire era. Grass strip, emergency take off. Was very exciting for a lad.
I jumped out a bunch of these under parachute. I also landed in a bunch of these. Still not sure which is the better option. But landing in Baghdad with an approach of entirely swirilling down was unique in all my flying experience.
way back in the 70s (78/80) I flew in the old 7ACCS out of Keesler on EC130Es,
Although I was in the Army, the C-130 factors into two of my favorite stories; Flying into Toncontin Airport in Honduras and Ilpango Airport in El Salvador.
I have flown on these many times, out of Little Rock Air Force Base.
I still see them flying out of the local Air Reserve base. This film must have been made before they rolled out the AC130 gunship version. Those things could lay down an impressive volume of fire in a close support role for ground troops.
It was rather classified at the time and was in development. They started using them in 1968 they were based on an A model back then. They were used more to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail and destroy trucks.
What you see in USAF today is the J model which are either brand new or a major rebuild of a low time H.
How do I know this? I’m a USAF veteran and by step dad is a USAF veteran and former sensors operator on an AC-130A.
Cool thing they had a highly classified device that could detect the ignition coils of Soviet trucks as the engine ran. Also the first air portable FLIR system.
I enlisted in '67, and remember reading about the use of C47s as gunships prior to the 130s assuming that role. And yes, I also know some of the 130s still flying, like a lot of the B52s, are older than their crew. Like the old Timex watch ads say, they just keep on ticking.
@@tristanholland6445All of the legacy ACH, ACU and ACW gunship are retired now. Nothing but new build ACJs flying now with AFSOC. I saw the last ACW last year at Cannon AFB right before it shipped out to AMARG.
Great Airplane !.
Still going strong 60 odd years later
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Wow, I never knew the C-130 can go in reverse.
Interesting how the designers got this timeless configuration just right. Some say the B52 will be the 100 year old airplane, I think the C130 is it. Obviously the A model not flying but the basic design is still here. So what did these guys do to make this design perfect?
The fact that they still build them today is remarkable. Granted they have modern components but the same foundation in place. Too bad BOEING is too blasted stupid to understand that but I digress.
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Drones in '66, who knew!?
They were used a lot during the Indochina conflict
Most military technology is older than you think. Those were used for photo reconnaissance a lot in Vietnam. They were also used a lot against North Korea and by the Taiwanese at US/CIA direction against coastal PRC.
0:30 - Oh, I dunno. Plenty of Zeus-stans out there in the world. That guy got LAID.
What about the AC-130 gun ship
AC130 gunship introduced in 1968. Venerable DC 3 (AC-47) was proof of design and use
1957-60 Flight Engineer A models Ashyia AB Japan
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Today Embraer KC 390 is more reliable and best substitute of Hercules 👏🏻
It was certainly the best post-war tactical transport plane, until the arrival of the KC-390!!