Tagged C-130 Hercules

03.27.2013

Sgt. Norman Page was a C-130 ‘Cold War’ mechanic and flight engineer

For most of his 24 years of service in the Air Force Sgt. Norman Page kept C-130 “Hercules,’ four-engine transport planes flying as a senior aviation mechanic and flight engineer or crew chief. After graduating from aviation mechanics training his first assignment, a Strategic Air Command mechanic at McDill Air Force Base in Tampa in the…

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12.01.2010

Lt. Col. Doug Gilchrist flew a C-130 over N. Vietnam with MIG fighters on their way

Lt. Col. Doug Gilchrist was flying a four-engine C-130 Hercules cargo plane, used as a command ship, from a base in Thailand over North Vietnam when he came as close to “buying the farm” as he did during any of his 102 combat missions over enemy territory during the Vietnam War.

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