Anyone who served in ‘Nam knows what awesome aircraft these are. They first flew in 1954 and, like the B-52 Buff, are still in service doing an amazing job, Want to knw more about them, go to Lockheed C-130 Hercules - Wikipedia
The only aircraft I ever flew in that could go places the Herc couldn’t was the De Havillind Caribou.
"Flying low level, going into dirt or grass strips, landing at little places that nobody else could get to with this big airplane is so much fun," says former USAF C-130 pilot and Lockheed director of business development Larry Gallogly. "I think of all the assault landings I made early in my career which may not have been as smooth as I would have liked but the airplane could take a beating."
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