Word: c130
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...helicopter smashed into a C130; some casualties; may be very serious; team transferring into another C130. [I was sickened with concern about our men. Brief delays seemed like hours as I waited to obtain accurate reports about casualties. I prayed...
...President informed by Jones that a number dead in the crash-helicopter crew, pilot of C-130 and some passengers [members of the rescue team]. The rest are being extricated by C130. [In taking off to move away from the loaded planes, the helicopters' swirling blades had kicked up clouds of dust. In the poor visibility, one of the helicopters had flown into the nose of the airplane, which itself was preparing to take off. The two aircraft were engulfed in flames, and it was impossible to extract the bodies of the dead Americans. All others were loaded into...
...owned but Liberian-registered supertanker Hercules was steaming south with her oil tanks empty. Her eventual destination: Alaska. The ship was far from the 200-mile blockade limit, which both Britain and Argentina have declared around the Falklands, when it was attacked by a four-engine aircraft, probably a C130. Bombs were pushed out of the aircraft cargo door; one hit the Hercules but failed to explode on board. None of the 29 crewmen was injured. According to the British Defense Ministry, the ship was ordered by radio to head for an Argentine port within 15 minutes or face attack...
Actually, two aircraft were ablaze. One of the helicopters had refueled on the ground from a C130. When the large plane's tank ran dry, the chopper lifted slightly to move toward another C-130 to pick up more fuel. But in doing so, the pilot turned his RH-53 too abruptly; its rotary blade ripped into the transport's fuselage. Instantly, flames roared through the two aircraft. Ammunition began exploding, striking other aircraft. Three Americans in the Hercules were killed. Five died in the Sea Stallion. Four others sustained severe burns, one of them hauled to safety...