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HC-130 Fulton Recovery System

Postby monkey_boy » Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:40 am

I'm the new boy here but i got a question, do the USAF still use the Fulton Recovery system? Any Info you guys have would be a great, thanks
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Re: HC-130 Fulton Recovery System

Postby Ivan » Sat Jan 10, 2004 9:55 am

according to this: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ ... c-130p.htm
it was removed after an accident in 1996
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Re: HC-130 Fulton Recovery System

Postby monkey_boy » Sat Jan 10, 2004 10:09 am

Thanks Ivan, that site was a great help :) its a shame they don't use the system still :(
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