Why the C-130 Is Such a Badass Plane

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Why the C-130 Is Such a Badass Plane


By Eric Tegler
Apr 21, 2017


Amidst the chaotic withdrawal of American forces from Saigon in April 1975, a young man in the South Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF), Tinh Nguyen, peered out from a bunker at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The airfield had been under North Vietnamese mortar fire all night and more than 100 aircraft had been destroyed. But there was still one flyable C-130A (the initial production version). During a lull in the firing, it taxied toward the runway navigating around the smoking debris.

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[Smokin Joe]

Add to that long chore list one more mundane but well appreciated task: Spraying to reduce mosquito populations. The area of the Missouri River near the Confluence with the Yellowstone and east into the upper end of Lake Sakakawea has been notorious for vicious mosquitoes since Lewis and Clark came through. Air Force pilots combined the spray runs with low-level hours and saved considerable numbers of people from misery.

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Don't forget it has duty as "Sky Hook"