A Royal Air Force C-130J Hercules seen demonstrating the “Khe Sanh” steep approach, where the aircraft is kept high as it crosses the airfield boundary before making a fast and steep descent to land. This is designed to remain out of enemy small arms fire for as long as possible and is named after a location in South Vietnam where the technique was developed during the war there.
I flew all the way to Australia in one of these, with the RAAF, in 1960 BEFORE the RAF had them. We had to have a stopover in San Francisco and Hawaii of course.;-)) Cheers Neil
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Good capyure Colin..
RNAS Yeovilton ???
Thanks Richard
Brilliant shot ……
Many thanks Phil
Its amazing what Hercs can do, and with the outfit of the new J models, they’ll be in service for a very long time!
I work on these aircraft in the RAF, the best thing about them is the microwave lol
another handsome shot
Thanks all !
I flew all the way to Australia in one of these, with the RAAF, in 1960 BEFORE the RAF had them.
We had to have a stopover in San Francisco and Hawaii of course.;-))
Cheers Neil