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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 3, 2009 14:35:58 GMT 9
This is a picture of a 62nd MAW C-141B and we all know what is going on. Picture taken as they pass Mount Rainer not far from McChord AFB, WA. This photo is in the McChord Air Museum files. I sure enjoyed the USAF more when we had SAC, TAC, MAC, & ADC.   |
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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 5, 2009 11:15:26 GMT 9
One of our birds taxing into the flightline area. Nellis AFB, NV. Notice that this is a C-141"A" likely one of the last A models. Year 1972   |
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Post by Mark O on Jun 5, 2009 13:48:58 GMT 9
Hey Bull,
How come the pics you post are throwing that "Save this image on Twitter" tag over to the right of the picture?
Mark
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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 5, 2009 14:36:25 GMT 9
Mark,
I don't have a clue.
Heck, I'm lucky I get the picture to post.
If I find out how to avoid that I will.
BTW, I got to throw a few C-130 pics in her for you. :salute
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Post by MOW on Jun 5, 2009 20:48:57 GMT 9
Now you guys are going to make me break out my C-141A MAC photo's. Haven't even looked at these in years. These are from my days at Travis AFB, CA between 75' and 79'.  |
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Post by MOW on Jun 5, 2009 21:02:58 GMT 9
One of our birds taxing into the flightline area. Nellis AFB, NV. Notice that this is a C-141"A" likely one of the last A models. Year 1972 The first 'B' stretch was Balls 88, "Golden Bear", 63-8088 from Travis, which came back to us in mid 1979 I think. It took several years to get them all stretched so the A's were around close to 10 years after your pic here. |
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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 5, 2009 23:37:28 GMT 9
Nice A model pictures.
The one with the troops and that girl with the reflective tap brings back memories. Recall my first impression of relective tape.
"Great help for snipers at night".
As a young troop I hated the tape. Just another expense!
We were told that at some base a Loadmaster at night sat up against the fire-bottle infront of an aircraft and fell asleep. A maintenance truck pulled up infront of the aircraft and ran over the dudes legs.
Thus the new safety feature of relective tap.
I don't know it that was true or not. But that is the story we were given at roll call for the tape requirement.
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Post by Jim on Jun 6, 2009 3:56:44 GMT 9
Nice A model pictures. The one with the troops and that girl with the reflective tap brings back memories. Recall my first impression of relective tape. "Great help for snipers at night". As a young troop I hated the tape. Just another expense! We were told that at some base a Loadmaster at night sat up against the fire-bottle infront of an aircraft and fell asleep. A maintenance truck pulled up infront of the aircraft and ran over the dudes legs. Thus the new safety feature of relective tap.I don't know it that was true or not. But that is the story we were given at roll call for the tape requirement. WHEN DID THIS STORY GET TOLD?  ?The first use of the reflective tape was at Loring the winter of 1960-1961 and was caused by a snowblower gobbling up a couple of airmen during a snowstorm.........It neccitated sewing the tape on the bottom of the fatique pants (B4 BDU), bunny suit, a big X on the back of parkas,field jackets as well as a long vertical stripe down the front of those jacets...Also had tape on the cuffs..............When I got to Misawa they wanted to know what it was for.................The Old Sarge........BTW- I was there when it happened..........Never saw it on flight crew clothing though |
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Post by lindel on Jun 6, 2009 4:00:24 GMT 9
When I first got to the 49th, they sewed a 2" wide vertical stip down the front, another one down the back, and one on each sleeve cuff of the field jacket.
The snowblower was the story I heard.
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Post by Mark O on Jun 6, 2009 10:08:24 GMT 9
Mark, I don't have a clue. Heck, I'm lucky I get the picture to post. If I find out how to avoid that I will. BTW, I got to throw a few C-130 pics in her for you.  Oh well! I'm going to have to drop a few of my C-141 pics now too I guess! BTW, I use Photobucket. It's free and easy and doesn't throw adds in when you post the pics. Well, better go dig them up! Mark |
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Post by Jeff Shannon on Jun 6, 2009 17:32:23 GMT 9
I was always told MAC use to stand for "Maybe Airplane Come"
When I go to Yakota JP and was flying up to Misawa we waited to what seemed like an eternity, a MSgt who had been there before said later he could have rented a car and drove there faster than it took for the C-141 to arrive. When we finally boarded the plane we actually got to sit it regular airline type seats of course this was the only time other than flying in a C-5 I ever saw those seats in an Air Force plane.
As for the reflective tape, Griffiss was the only place I can recall having to have it on our uniforms, then they changed it to only our Field jackets and parkas, of course our tools boxes and everything that didn't move had reflective tape on it. Bentwaters/Woodbridge we had to have it on our Field jackets and parkas. We didn't have to wear it a t Luke I remember the first time I had to wear my field jacket at Luke (yep sometimes it got a little cold on the line at night) they went crazy telling me to take the tape off. Luke had more lights on the flight line than I had ever seen I mean they harnessed the sun, and each year they seemed to add more and more lights.
Come to thing of it I believe we had to have the tape on our jackets and parkas at Misawa too.
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Post by lindel on Jun 6, 2009 20:11:46 GMT 9
I forgot about the parkas, but you're right.
As for the passenger seats, I'd rather have the jump seats myself, a lot more comfortable.
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Post by Mark O on Jun 7, 2009 4:43:13 GMT 9
Okay, I found some of my old C-141 photos. I took these when I was in high school during my Civil Air Patrol days. This is Grant County Intl Airport in Moses Lake, WA. The old Larson AFB. The 62nd MAW used to come out there all the time for exercises and such. The C-17s at McChord still use Moses Lake for practice. This was around 1981 or 82. Enjoy! Mark P.S. If anyone is interested in a neat C-141 web site (reminds me of a certain F-106 site) this is the place... www.c141heaven.com/Be sure to go to the recent blog on C-141 Heaven and check out the washing machine "commercial" with a C-141! They say there is a C-141 in the commercial but I must have missed it!   |
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Post by Mark O on Jun 7, 2009 6:45:23 GMT 9
Well, ya got me started now! Here are some McChord C-130 photos I took around the same time frame as those C-141 pics. Same place - Grant Co. Intl. Airport in Moses Lake. I took the in-flight photos as I stood right under the end of the threshold of runway 32R. Try getting away with doing that these days!! Mark     |
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Post by Mark O on Jun 7, 2009 6:46:42 GMT 9
More of the in-flight pics... Mark Oh, same type of P.S. for a C-130 web site... www.herkybirds.com/    |
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Post by Bullhunter on Jun 7, 2009 7:07:58 GMT 9
That is awesome how the camera can catch those props.
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Post by Mark O on Jun 7, 2009 7:22:24 GMT 9
That is awesome how the camera can catch those props. I always got a kick out of that. Still do! And I took those photos with a new-then, manual focus, Olympus OM-10 35mm SLR! I still have that camera in fact! My son uses it all the time. Mark |
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Post by MOW on Jun 7, 2009 7:44:57 GMT 9
Okay, I found some of my old C-141 photos. I took these when I was in high school during my Civil Air Patrol days. This is Grant County Intl Airport in Moses Lake, WA. The old Larson AFB. The 62nd MAW used to come out there all the time for exercises and such. The C-17s at McChord still use Moses Lake for practice. This was around 1981 or 82. Enjoy! Mark P.S. If anyone is interested in a neat C-141 web site (reminds me of a certain F-106 site) this is the place... www.c141heaven.com/Yes, this is a good site www.c141heaven.com/ and although although pilot focused this ol' crew dog still signed in a while back :salute |
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?The first use of the reflective tape was at Loring the winter of 1960-1961 and was caused by a snowblower gobbling up a couple of airmen during a snowstorm.........It neccitated sewing the tape on the bottom of the fatique pants (B4 BDU), bunny suit, a big X on the back of parkas,field jackets as well as a long vertical stripe down the front of those jacets...Also had tape on the cuffs..............When I got to Misawa they wanted to know what it was for.................The Old Sarge........BTW- I was there when it happened..........Never saw it on flight crew clothing though 
