C-130H Airdrop Mission Over Afghanistan at Night

[@terry_1952]

I miss those days. Was a flight engineer on these for 20 years

[@c130dave1]

I can feel and smell this video. Retired C130H Loadmaster. I'd give about anything to still be doing this.

[@DogRedful]

Amen load! I’m a retired engineer.

[@TS-ev1bl]

Interesting to see how equipment has changed over the years. I was a crew chief in MAC (and later SAC) in the '70s, and although we did wear chutes while the doors were open we didn't wear helmets and we weren't strapped in. The load and I would sometimes walk to the back edge of the ramp and watch the pallets fall away, or the light from the glow sticks if it was a night drop. Meh, we were young and immortal. Wearing helmets and being strapped in def looks safer.

[@markharrison5321]

Old video, but still nice. H3, the best Herk ever (never got to fly that particular version). Amazing how far Tac Airlift evolved in the time I was flying it (1991-2014). NVG airdrops, NVG airland, precision airdrop with JPADS, amazing accuracy with GPS, and Doppler beam sharpening radar as standard equipment.

[@dj6769]

What’s the binoculars everyone has attached to the visor of the helmet?(night vision)?

[@virginialoverproductions]

That's interesting to see them with Night Vision goggles.

[@Surepakpackagingllc]

Exciting to see the SURE-Pak bulk container system in the field!

[@rodneylane634]

Noticed the FE and Load Masters were not wearing flight suits. Is this something new?

[@ron8256]

None of the crew are. It’s a new two piece flight suit. They have been wearing in deployed locations for a couple of years now. Now everyone wears them home station.

[@21GunPodcast]

The Pilot/Co/and Nav were not wearing them either.

[@CHOP_AS_FRAGGED]

@@21GunPodcast Only people wearing single piece flight suits will those who are in ejection seat equipped aircraft. So pretty much fighters lol.

[@frankdavidson9675]

went in at 18 yrsold we used T 7 chute 6 7 jumps then the t 10 chutes came used them till 55 wnei i got out 24 jumps 187th mike co BRAGG

[@Steverin06]

Pretty fucking bitter aren't we?

[@frankdavidson9675]

i got out in 55 every one had some type of chute i remember on loads like that the pilot will tell load master (radio ) 2 min warn load master pull safety pin holding the load walks to coppit shows pilot the pen is out the at correct they drop drone chute Ribbon chute it drags load out (it on rollers then main chutes (100ft dia)1-3 depend on wightbeing dropped if you were on the ground watching it look real easy you could hear refer line cutter firings and paper flying ever where most drop were sucessful back then you could unsnap the straps holding 21/2 tk get in drive off platform ----i had reenlisted a few mons back dad killed in auto wreck ot on hard ship 3 yr 2ms 2 days cpl 187 airborne mike co BRAGG