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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: Eyeball Chambers on March 20, 2009, 11:05:20 AM
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As long as I've lived here (20 years) ive never seen a military plane fly over, and for the last two days in a row a C-130 has flown right over my house.
WTF? ;D
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I live near an Air Force base--we don't normally see C-130's flying around either but during wildfire season in the summer, sometimes they get called up to help put out fires in the mountains. There's been a few times I've seen them flying back and forth all day in those situations.
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As long as I've lived here (20 years) ive never seen a military plane fly over, and for the last two days in a row a C-130 has flown right over my house.
WTF? ;D
They want to let you know they are there to send you to a Fema camp a hello from above.
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I see military jets nearly every day. Pretty cool.
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As long as I've lived here (20 years) ive never seen a military plane fly over, and for the last two days in a row a C-130 has flown right over my house.
WTF? ;D
Did you also see black helicopters and a couple of UFO's?
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It's really a neat plane and it seems like it's flying soooo slow.
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It's really a neat plane and it seems like it's flying soooo slow.
Maybe it's an AC-130 gunship and it's poised to quell the upcoming civil unrest???!?
;D
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Maybe it's an AC-130 gunship and it's poised to quell the upcoming civil unrest???!?
;D
Do you think Wright Pat AFB would tell me what they're up to if I call? ??? ;D
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http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123139150
C-130s undergoing inspections
by Capt. Bob Everdeen
Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs
3/11/2009 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An immediate action time compliance technical order was issued by Air Force Materiel Command here March 4 to inspect all C-130 aircraft due to potential cracking of wing-joint barrel nuts.
The TCTO was ordered after a C-130H undergoing routine scheduled maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga., was found with five of its upper 13 barrel nuts cracked.
The C-130 outer wing is attached to the center wing with 28 bolts and barrel nuts-13 upper and 15 lower-on each side of the aircraft. The lower wing barrel nuts are not affected.
The barrel nuts are also used on some C-130 refueling-pod pylons and engine trusses.
Individual C-130 units are conducting the inspections and all suspect nuts are being replaced to ensure the integrity of the aircraft and safety of pilots, passengers and crewmembers.
Within the first three days after the TCTO was issued, more than two-thirds of the Air Force fleet of nearly 600 aircraft had been inspected, and more than 40 percent returned to flight. Priority shipments of replacement barrel nuts are going to C-130 units at forward-deployed locations, and those with special operations and aero-medical missions.
To help make the replacement process easier, the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Group at Robins has been working around the clock to handle questions and issues from the C-130 community, which includes other U.S. and foreign military services.
The cause of the cracks appears to be hydrogen embrittlement, a process by which various metals, particularly high-strength steel, become brittle and crack after being exposed to hydrogen.
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http://www.afmc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123139150
C-130s undergoing inspections
by Capt. Bob Everdeen
Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs
3/11/2009 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An immediate action time compliance technical order was issued by Air Force Materiel Command here March 4 to inspect all C-130 aircraft due to potential cracking of wing-joint barrel nuts.
The TCTO was ordered after a C-130H undergoing routine scheduled maintenance at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga., was found with five of its upper 13 barrel nuts cracked.
The C-130 outer wing is attached to the center wing with 28 bolts and barrel nuts-13 upper and 15 lower-on each side of the aircraft. The lower wing barrel nuts are not affected.
The barrel nuts are also used on some C-130 refueling-pod pylons and engine trusses.
Individual C-130 units are conducting the inspections and all suspect nuts are being replaced to ensure the integrity of the aircraft and safety of pilots, passengers and crewmembers.
Within the first three days after the TCTO was issued, more than two-thirds of the Air Force fleet of nearly 600 aircraft had been inspected, and more than 40 percent returned to flight. Priority shipments of replacement barrel nuts are going to C-130 units at forward-deployed locations, and those with special operations and aero-medical missions.
To help make the replacement process easier, the 330th Aircraft Sustainment Group at Robins has been working around the clock to handle questions and issues from the C-130 community, which includes other U.S. and foreign military services.
The cause of the cracks appears to be hydrogen embrittlement, a process by which various metals, particularly high-strength steel, become brittle and crack after being exposed to hydrogen.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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U can call Nellis and ask about Area 51...they have a binder of canned answers.
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Did you also see black helicopters and a couple of UFO's?
Only on the weekends...