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Old 06-25-2007, 06:24 PM
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I'm a little bit frustrated that we don't fly any form in the HC-130. Seeing the leathernecks do close trail in the Herc is awesome. And my pop flew C-123s in Nam. Awesome pics.
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Old 06-25-2007, 07:59 PM
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Here's my picture of formation flying...taken 2 weeks ago over the Pacific.

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Old 06-28-2007, 05:15 PM
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1967 UC-123 formation returning to Bien Hoa, Vietnam about forty minutes after formation lead aircraft was shot down with the loss of four crew members. All aircraft had numerous hits.
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Old 06-29-2007, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Raidr17 View Post
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Here is a bigger shot, getting better at this.
I flew Spec Ops for years, so form at 200' in trail at 300' at night on NVGs was the norm - but if those pics aren't photo shopped you guys are just an accident waiting to happen!!!
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Here you go.
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Old 06-29-2007, 05:55 AM
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Here is one more.
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Old 06-29-2007, 05:59 AM
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I flew Spec Ops for years, so form at 200' in trail at 300' at night on NVGs was the norm - but if those pics aren't photo shopped you guys are just an accident waiting to happen!!!
Yep, the close trail (200') in MC-130Ps was a blast to fly, especially when the moon was big and terrain was rugged. Those days are gone, however, with the new changes to the books. Fluid trail is deemed by enough people (myself included) as a much better tactic so that's what we're going to focus on in training. Believe me, DTFL, there were some heated arguments in the halls of the 5th SOS about the subject! I half expected a mob of grey hairs with pitchforks and torches outside my office when the new vol 3 came out.
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Old 06-29-2007, 05:32 PM
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best formation - I am lead in an RC135 - 4 MIGS in close on my wing - life can not be better - just another reconn mission -those were the days
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Old 06-29-2007, 05:35 PM
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No photo shop going on. Its the standard parade echelon at 20' by 20' by 20'. Perfectly legal and published in our pubs. I dont think they are as close as they look though. Perfectly stable at 10k in a training MOA. Not really that big a deal.
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Old 06-29-2007, 08:59 PM
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Here is some night stuff for ya.

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