And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The 'blueberries' uniform and the aerial refueling probe mean this is a Navy aircraft. Six curvy prop blades means it's the newer C-130J. I didn't realize they are modernizing their small C-130 fleet with the C-130J. ~ Doctor Weasel
I don’t know who is wearing that uniform but the C-130J pictured is a Royal Air Force aircraft. The paint color, the location of the number, the refueling probe and the propeller tip markings ID this as C-130J-30 ZH878 from RAF Brize Norton.
This picture is at least three years old, probably older, because the RAF retired all their C-130s in 2021 and sold them off in the same year.
US Navy and Marine C-130s don’t use refueling probes; in fact I don’t think any of their KC/C-130Ts or Js are capable of receiving inflight refueling. All their heavy aircraft that can receive inflight refueling (e.g. P-8, E-6) use a receptacle for the flying boom from Air Force or contract tankers.
The 'blueberries' uniform and the aerial refueling probe mean this is a Navy aircraft. Six curvy prop blades means it's the newer C-130J. I didn't realize they are modernizing their small C-130 fleet with the C-130J.
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C130J was forced on the services. MIC in the 90s.
DeleteI laugh at those Air Farce dudes wearing blue camos like they need to hide from the enemy as they cruise the skyways.
ReplyDeleteCorrection: The Squids wearing sea blue camos as if they need to hide from the enemy when they are on the high seas.
DeleteThat is not a USAF uniform.
DeleteThe Navy got rid of the hated blueberries a few years ago. Now they wear green camo.
DeleteSo they can now hide from the Cajuns in the bayous.
DeleteI don’t know who is wearing that uniform but the C-130J pictured is a Royal Air Force aircraft. The paint color, the location of the number, the refueling probe and the propeller tip markings ID this as C-130J-30 ZH878 from RAF Brize Norton.
ReplyDeleteThis picture is at least three years old, probably older, because the RAF retired all their C-130s in 2021 and sold them off in the same year.
US Navy and Marine C-130s don’t use refueling probes; in fact I don’t think any of their KC/C-130Ts or Js are capable of receiving inflight refueling. All their heavy aircraft that can receive inflight refueling (e.g. P-8, E-6) use a receptacle for the flying boom from Air Force or contract tankers.
Correction: ZH889, not ZH878.
DeleteMade by Dowty Props. I got to tour their production facility about 20 years ago, when we all were part of Smiths (now GE) Aerospace.
ReplyDeleteGotta give the guy props.
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