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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ncrlnk!ciss!law7!military
- From: fencer@eng.umd.edu (Erwin Moedersheim)
- Subject: Re: Hercules C-130G
- Message-ID: <By6JB9.IL9@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <Bxyuv0.FIB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:30:45 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From fencer@eng.umd.edu (Erwin Moedersheim)
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- In article <Bxyuv0.FIB@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>,
- Riccardo Sibilia <rick@imp.phys.ethz.ch> writes:
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- >I heard of a G version of the C-130. What is it for? Which differences
- >does it have from the others?
- >
- The C-130G is a tranport version of the Hercules. The aircraft are ex EC-130Q
- Tacamo aircraft, which were replaced by the E-6A. All equipment related to the
- Tacamo task has been removed.
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- A well-known C-130G is the Blue Angels' support aircraft, Fat Albert.
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- Erwin
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