Tag: C-130
Rick Perry, piloting Texas
The daily’s Jason Embry has three good pieces today on Gov. Rick Perry. Only one real surprise for me: I never knew Perry flew C-130s in the Middle East and Europe in the 1970s. I imagine, along with most everyone else, that, with or without Sarah to campaign with him, he’s a shoo-in for an [...]
Posted: February 10th, 2010 under Scribbles, Texana.
Tags: C-130, Rick Perry, Sarah Palin, Texas governor
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C-130J
C-130s now have digital flight decks, and six-bladed composite propellers. At least the C-130Js do. More here in the latest from Michael Yon in Afghanistan.
Posted: February 8th, 2010 under Afghanistan, The War, Troops.
Tags: Afghanistan, C-130, C-130J, digital flight deck, Michael Yon, six-bladed propellers
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Riders in the storm
Seven-minute video takes you into a C-130 flight deck inside Hurricane Felix, at Cat 5 strength. It’s the Air Force Hurricane Hunters, measuring the storm for the National Hurricane Center in Miami. With appropriate music audio to keep you from getting bored between lightning flashes, and stills at the end of the moon rising over [...]
Posted: September 6th, 2007 under Weather/Climate.
Tags: C-130, Hurricane Felix at Cat 5, Hurricane Hunters, Riders On The Storm, The Doors
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How sweet it is
Our special operators on the ground are bringing in fire from a AC-130′s gatling guns and 105mm howitzer to nail the Jihadis of al Q in Somalia, in aid of the Ethiopians and friendly Somalis. US Navy guns are offshore. Explained in detail here and here, and here.
Posted: January 9th, 2007 under The War, Troops.
Tags: C-130, Ethiopia, Somalia, US Special Operations
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