HC-130J Walkaround Combat King II 

This is the plane for the job, isn't it? 1950s design. Does the job! I can only imagine, over the 50+ years of service, there must have been times when the troubled Boys heard the low Buzz, they must have felt elated!

I left the Army after a decade, and turned down a Warrant Officer opportunity to fly helos, in order to finish out my career as an Enlisted Combat Search And Rescueman. I became a Rescue Flight Engineer on the last 4 of the MC-130P's in the inventory, configured for CSAR (the FrankenHERK). MY fini flight...my last active duty flight before retiring, was the flight that put the VERY LAST of the MC-130P Combat Shadows...to bed. I called aloud the Engine Shutdown Checklist for tail # 66-0212, the last Shadow, in the presence of some rather old men at the old former Castle AFB museum...these old fellas wearing sime ballcaps with some very special pins and ribbons adornng them. See, old Two One Two, once upon a time, went the callsign "LIME 01" while flying her helicopter air to air refueling part in the famous Son Tay Raid, And these old men used to wear soft green berets in place of those ballcaps. I was insanely honored to put that Iron Lady, as well as my CSAR flying Career, to bed that day (27 Nov 2018), on that way...and I myself retired in early 2020. If I said I didn't miss it ... ... my nose would start to grow. "These Things We Do ... That Others May Live" -FARVA

@Lahiru Perera You are welcome. Serving was an honor and my privilege.

"the VA still says my hearing is ok" Hehehehe made me chuckle out loud.

@@jacobpalmer9247 I notice todays airlifters are wearing Bose noise-canceling headsets.

These modern CSAR Hercs are much nicer than the paratroop H models I remember. No puke or hydraulic fluid on the floor, for one thing.

From what I've gathered from aviation engineers that I've known, that's pretty normal. I remember a friend who works at GE was super excited to develop a new engine. Most of what they did was design modification and refinement of older platforms. Another retired (Northrop Grumman or Rolls Royce?) engineer I once talked to was talking about how they were so proud of helicopter engine they designed in the late 60's and how the base engine was still widely used, just in a much later iteration.

ever designed is a stretch.

The B52 isn't used by 75% of all air forces, unless you meant the C130 it would make no sense!

@@Penske_Penguin the c130 just fit countries needs. And cargo planes to tend to last longer that bombers.

I don't think they've built a new one for decades

@@Penske_Penguin he didn't say B52, read it again as it is clear he was discussing c130

Yes. The C-130 is the best plane EVER. Its been around since the 1950's and has been utilised in so many different roles.

Jaeson me already hit so much junk, that,..pf

Very cool

And presented!

Thanks! Sure happy you like them

Awesome! Sure happy you liked it

Same lol

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Thanks so much! Glad that you like them!

Haha

That would be sweet! I’d love to do a walkaround on the AC-130

I highly doubt but a 160th AH-6 would be badass

I would prefer MC-130 or MH-47

Hercules! Hercules!

Definitely would love to see an AC-130 and MC-130s

Awesome! Thanks my friend! Sure do appreciate your support

Awesome! Thanks!!

The J-model SPR panel only has the fuel hose hookup and one gauge for the surge suppressor psi. Can only see how much is in each tank from the flight deck now.

I was in treatment and on 1 of the houses was literally back yarding a Air Force Base can't remember the name wanna say like hour from Scottsdale and or Phoenix was a training base for f-35s and 22 pilots as well I believe

An F-15 would be awesome!! That is such a great plane

Not so good reason is naive. All of western europe will get destroyed soon when WW3 goes Global since it already started in 2014

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Those would be cool to do videos on

I shot a walkaround on the B-52 at Barksdale AFB about a month ago