Appleseed wrote: All this and no one mentions the scariest motherberkeleyer on the battle field?
FTFY
Appleseed wrote: All this and no one mentions the scariest motherberkeleyer on the battle field?
FTFY
The National Guard unit near here flies resupply flights to antartica every year. I believe the have the only ski equipped 130's in the Air Fore.
4cylndrfury wrote: C-130 - the Crown Vic of the skies
Now I am picturing a Crown Vic with sideways-mounted General Electric cannons...
I drive past CFB Trenton every other week and there's usually at least one of these up doing touch and goes.
We were at the same base attending our Daughter's Air Cadet graduation when one of these did a very low pass. Incredibly cool. 
They moved the Globmaster in to supplement the C5 wing at DAFB a few years ago. I designed the building that houses the flight simulator for it.
Will wrote:Trans_Maro wrote: 707. I'm sure some are still in use as air-to-air refueling tankers. The Martin Mars were still flying up until a couple years ago. They built four but they're down to the last one now. I think there's still some Catalinas and B-24's operating as water bombers. ShawnThere are lots of examples of individual airframes built before/during WW2 that are still flying. And that's impressive, but it's not really the same thing as a model that's been in continuous military service--not to mention continuous production--for over 50 years.wbjones wrote: the DC 3, the C130, and the B52 … are there any other air frames that have those kind of life spans ? I know that the F5 Phantom has had (and continues to have) a long life ….
that's what I meant … like the 747 that's been flying and in production since the early to mid '60s … I'm guessing at that age, based on the fact that I flew home from SF (after getting out of the Navy) in one in '72 .. and they weren't new to the world then
Will wrote:Appleseed wrote: All this and no one mentions the scariest motherberkeleyer on the battle field?FTFY
"Puff" could lay down one round per square foot on a football field in a single pass.
The 'hog is badass but the AC-places are truly pants-filling.
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