Repost from silver.... I’m coming into town and should be there through the weekend. My schedule is a bit up in the air at the moment as I’m flying Hurricane Delta until it makes landfall ~Friday but would like to try and meet up. Not sure how Covid restrictions might be but if anybody is interested I can try and give a quick walk around of the WC-130J over at Lackland/Kelly and talk about the Hurricane Hunter mission maybe Saturday. Where we will be is more or less open to the public so you don’t need Mil ID/ base access. It’s been 15 years since I came to San Antonio as a young Lieutenant and this Saturday I pin on Lieutenant Colonel... it’s been a strange ride. If anybody has a Lambo Huracan would love to try and do a pic with one of our Hurricane Hunter planes, that might be a challenge getting it on the flight line but I can try and coord that. My office view.... View attachment 2207689 Image Unavailable, Please Login
If the SA crew doesn't want you, you are more than welcome to park somewhere here in DFW and we will get a group out! And yes, I have several Huracan , you can even choose the color! Congratulations on your advancement as well! Steve
Excellent. If I was in town, I'd be there. What a great invitation. How does that differ from the AWACs of the 1980s? I will never forget the Commerce Secretary telling me what an experience to fly in/through a hurricane. Thanks for your service, be safe, and congrats on the Lieutenant Colonel rank!
Awacs is more like big air traffic control that identifies battlefield threats and coordinates air traffic, it’s a variant of a Boeing 707 with a big radome on top. We fly a variant of the C-130 and punch through the middle of hurricanes gathering data and dropping sensors. thanks!
Sorry I missed this thread. Old USAF guy, even flew Hercs for bit. Would have loved to tour your rig.
