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The KC-135 can now handle cargo without the need for a K-loader or a forklift thanks to the Pack and Transport Reloader crane – The Aviation Geek Club

The KC-135 can only load and unload cargo with the support of a K-loader or a forklift. With the Pack and Transport Reloader crane the USAF will be able to take cargo to locations that would not be able to the service support. Airmen from the 509th Weapons Squadron tested a new prototype Pack and …

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AC-130A crew reunited with “Spectre 17” Gunship 50 years after it was hit by 57mm round over Vietnam – The Aviation Geek Club

Along with the structural damage, the 57 mm also created a three-foot hole in the weapons control booth of AC-130A “Spectre 17” – and Chandler was falling through it. Collectively, members of the “Spectre 17” aircrew would say Mar. 4, 1972, was both the luckiest and unluckiest day of their lives. “I’ve lived most days …

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