Yeah, my Dad flew the MC-130E Combat Talon 1, in fact my Avatar is from the fall of 1967, Lockheed has been building "Stealth Aircraft since the MC-130E and the Awesome SR-71,, at retirement the story was that the SR-71 had been targeted over 4,000 times, with 4,000 missle launches, and 4000 misses,, the SR-71 came on the scene for missions that were to dangerous for the U-2, which is also a "stealthy" aircraft, but subsonic, by the way, no MC-130E aircraft were ever lost to anti-aircraft, in spite of the MC-130E's very frequent trips "up North!"
We did lose two aircraft in Vietnam, one was destroyed in a Mortar Attack sitting on the ramp, and one hit a mountain at night, the MC-130E was equipped with terrain following radar, which would fly the airplane at around 150' to 250', day or night, the old man hated that.. LOL, I would have to, as would most of us.
We did lose two aircraft in Vietnam, one was destroyed in a Mortar Attack sitting on the ramp, and one hit a mountain at night, the MC-130E was equipped with terrain following radar, which would fly the airplane at around 150' to 250', day or night, the old man hated that.. LOL, I would have to, as would most of us.
