Pope's C-130 fleet shrinks to six planes

[Voegelin]

fortbraggnc.com
By Henry Cuningham
Military editor
4/15/05

Pope Air Force Base is down to six fully capable C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes because of maintenance problems.

The rest of the 43rd Airlift Wing's 31 airplanes are grounded, restricted or unavailable because of deployment or depot maintenance. said 1st Lt. Mark W. Hanson, a Pope spokesman.

The limits at Pope are similar to those of older C-130 airplanes throughout the Air Force.

 

[butterfoot]

fortbraggnc.com
By Henry Cuningham
Military editor
4/15/05

Pope Air Force Base is down to six fully capable C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes because of maintenance problems.

The rest of the 43rd Airlift Wing's 31 airplanes are grounded, restricted or unavailable because of deployment or depot maintenance. said 1st Lt. Mark W. Hanson, a Pope spokesman.

The limits at Pope are similar to those of older C-130 airplanes throughout the Air Force.

OK we need a stealth transport plane now.


-cw

 

[Voegelin]

We got one: American popular culture.

The rap music industry alone is more destructive then the entire U.S. Marine Corps. Article earlier this week about the popularity of rap in Iran.

Now if we can ship them some deconstructionism and radical feminism, they'll be too screwed up to think of making atomic bombs.

 

[InnerPhyre]

I didn't even know the Pope had an air force. I wonder what his elite squadron is? Blue Angels is taken...

 

[Voegelin]

Yeah IP...maybe we should keep this quiet so Protestants don't start an arms race.

 

[k]

We got one: American popular culture.

The rap music industry alone is more destructive then the entire U.S. Marine Corps.

How so?

 

[Yamialpha]

Yeah IP...maybe we should keep this quiet so Protestants don't start an arms race.

Too late-I've already seen churches closing windows with iron curtains.