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RC-130BII
Stationed Yokota AB Japan
Shown
Here at Cam Rhan Bay RVN
Bat
Maintenance and the front end crew
Would
go TDY from Yokota to Vietnam
For
30 Days, the operators came from Kadena
Vinson Nash: 201/202/203/291/292 Page: USAF Security Service 6988 RSM SS
For anyone who was not part of the 6988th, we were called BATS!
This was our patch!
I have been able to verify that in 1972 our RC-130BII A/C were transferred to Rhein Mein AB Germany and they were eventually sold to other countries without the equipment on board. Here is the list as I found it at Joe Baugher's Home Page
59-1524/1537
Lockheed C-130B-LM Hercules
1524/1528,1530/1533,1535,1537 converted to
C-130B-II. All reverted to C-130B.
1524 to Bolivia as TAM66.
1525 to AMARC as CF0099 Oct 9, 1991.
1527 sold to Turkey
1526 sold to Oman
1529 to AMARC as CF0108 Apr 30, 1992.
1535 to Colombia in Dec 1992.
1536 to AMARC as CF0142 Nov 30, 1993.
1537 to AMARC as CF0144 Dec 15, 1993.
Pulled Dec 10, 1999 for sale to Bangladesh