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re: C130 Troop Transports
Posted on 5/2/17 at 6:21 pm to stelly1025
Posted on 5/2/17 at 6:21 pm to stelly1025
Cool. I've always been curious about the logistics that went in to war.
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Posted on 5/2/17 at 6:23 pm to LSUKNUT
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Anyone else see the 8 - C130's land at the BR airport this morning? Jes askin.
Is Barry Seal making a comeback?
Posted on 5/2/17 at 6:46 pm to Centinel
Airborne ranger gonna take a little trip
shite. Thanks
shite. Thanks
Posted on 5/2/17 at 6:51 pm to biohzrd
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It was actually only 2 doing circles or touch and goes. Had a clear view of them doing this for about 45 mins
Well there ya go. Probably had the best view of it.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 7:00 pm to No8Easy2
quote:Word. Only had the opportunity to do one doe with 112th Sig. Jumping JM.
give me the ramp over the door all day long
Lots (and lots) of CASA 212 ramp work though
Posted on 5/2/17 at 7:09 pm to Wolfhound45
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112th Sig. Jumping JM.
10 SECONDS!
never did anytime in 212
but the c130 ramp and CH53 would be my favorites if i could ruck up again
frick i miss that shite
Posted on 5/2/17 at 7:38 pm to Centinel
GD you...
Posted on 5/2/17 at 7:41 pm to No8Easy2
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if i could ruck up again
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frick i miss that shite
We all say that until we get an opportunity then it's all...
Posted on 5/2/17 at 7:45 pm to No8Easy2
We only used the ramp for HALO jumps. Everything. Else was side door, static line jumps...
Posted on 5/2/17 at 8:13 pm to LSUKNUT
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 5/2/17 at 8:23 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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SECSolomonGrundy
C5 for the win.
You've got that right. Huntsville has one of the largest runways in the Southeast and they frequently practice touch-and-goes here. I was bebopping down I-565 one day when one flew over about 200-300 feet above my car. Scared the crap out of me. He was just lumbering along like a big ol' bumblebee, and not all that much faster than I was driving. Or at least it didn't seem that way.
But the bottom line is that C-5's are WAY WAY WAY bigger than C-130s.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 8:47 pm to iglass
About ten years ago, I was in Pass Christian along the beach, and giant grey transports were passing most of the day. I assume it was actually 4 or 6 doing some kind of training out of Kessler, but that a guess. They were so big, it seemed like they were barely moving across the sky. They just lumbered past at maybe 2,000' or 3,000'.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:20 pm to Jim Rockford
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a Stryker
Ain't no tank....
Posted on 5/2/17 at 9:49 pm to Woobie
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We all say that until we get an opportunity then it's all...
well if someones said tomorrow you can put on a 1B go up to 4000'
i'm not thinking twice, hell i'll go last "busting d-bags"
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:14 pm to LSUKNUT
Were they Navy/USMC (C-130T) or USAF (C-130J)? Eight would be two-to-four full USNR VR squadrons.
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 10:17 pm
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:16 pm to White Roach
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About ten years ago, I was in Pass Christian along the beach, and giant grey transports were passing most of the day. I assume it was actually 4 or 6 doing some kind of training out of Kessler, but that a guess.
Mississippi ANG flies C-130s out of the Gulfport International Airport and do touch-and-goes quite a bit. May have been one of those.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:29 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
These weren't C-130s. Much larger and they had jet engines. C-5 or C-17, I think. I'll have to look up some pics. I'm sure I'll recognize it.
Posted on 5/2/17 at 10:52 pm to iglass
Yeah seeing a C5 in the sky is crazy. Biggest plane I've ever seen in the air for sure. I see C130s every day and then to see a C5 it's like holy shite.
Never seen a B52 in the air but it's probably close in wingspan.
Never seen a B52 in the air but it's probably close in wingspan.
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 10:54 pm
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:33 pm to White Roach
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These weren't C-130s. Much larger and they had jet engines. C-5 or C-17, I think. I'll have to look up some pics. I'm sure I'll recognize it.
If thats the case they were C-17s.
You won't see C-5's doing multiple touch and goes unless you are around Kelly AFB Texas or maybe Rhein Mein Germany
Edit... or Dover Delaware of course
This post was edited on 5/2/17 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 5/2/17 at 11:43 pm to AUTimbo
Easiest way to tell is that C-17s have upturned winglets at the ends of their wings
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