159348


Lockheed TC-130Q
159348
XD-00

Click here to see pictures of
Crew 4 Deep Freeze 94 - 95
http://www.vaq34.com/159348/doublenuts.htm

Click here to see pictures of
159348 as it was readied for
its new life as a static display
http://www.vaq34.com/159348/display.htm

Attached to VXE-6 as a trash hauler.


Early Retirement at Tinker AFB for the EC-130Q at Hercules Park.

***CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS FOR A LARGER VIEW***



photo from the VXE-6 decom CD
Double Nuts on final to the Ice Runway,
McMurdo, Antarctica.



Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO
Welcome to TACAMO



photo from the VXE-6 decom CD
XD-00 on the ice runway
McMurdo, Antarctica



Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO
Nice right side view. Lower forward windows are painted on, wing tips have communications antennas housed inside



photo from the VXE-6 decom CD
Double Nuts being stuffed with TRASH!



Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO
Left side



photo from the VXE-6 decom CD
Double Nuts on the ramp in Christchurch, NZ
If you never drove that van then you
wouldn't understand....



Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO
Close up of the Nose


photo from somewhere off of the web
Self loading cargo loading in Christchurch, NZ



Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO
Front view, Herc park pavilion is in the background



photo from the web page of Maohai Huang
http://buast7.bu.edu/~mhuang/ant/mcm/mcm.html
Self loading cargo off-loading at the
Ice Runway, McMurdo, Antarctica



Official Navy photos by TACAMO PAO
Two display plaques,
the left one describes the mission of the EC-130Q,
the right one tells the history of 159348.



photo by Bruce Thompson
Dave Enscoe, Trans-Pac'ing home after DF93/94
Inside of XD-00



Pages one and two of the official news release about the new aircraft display at TACAMO Tinker



photo by Bruce Thompson
Double Nuts on the ramp at NAS South Weymouth, MA near Boston on a good deal flight over Memorial Day weekend 94.



Pages three and four of the official news release about the new aircraft display at TACAMO Tinker


After the end of its operational life as a TACAMO communications platform, 159348 was also used as a "bounce bird" by the TACAMO community after the communications gear was removed in 1989. It was operated during Desert Storm as a "trash and cattle" hauler by VQ-4 until the TACAMO mission tempo for VQ-4 increased. 159348 was loaned to VR-22, and they operated it as an additional asset during the end of Desert Storm. After the end of Desert Storm 159348 went to the boneyard, and was resurrected by VXE-6 to be used as a "bounce bird" and as a "trash and cattle" hauler during Operation Deep Freeze from 1992-1995. When 159348 came to the end of its required service life period no one wanted to pay for the rework, although the United States Forest Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and a couple of other "alphabet soup" named government agencies were interested. There were no takers, so it was given an early retirement at Tinker AFB.
A true hero of the Cold War!

Lockheed TC-130Q 159348 XD-00
Click here to see pictures of Crew 4 Deep Freeze 94 - 95 http://www.vaq34.com/159348/doublenuts.htm
Click here to see pictures of 159348 as it was readied for its new life as a static display http://www.vaq34.com/159348/display.htm
Attached to VXE-6 as a trash hauler.	Early Retirement at Tinker AFB for the EC-130Q at Hercules Park.
*CLICK ON ALL PHOTOS FOR A LARGER VIEW*
photo from the VXE-6 decom CD Double Nuts on final to the Ice Runway, McMurdo, Antarctica.	Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO Welcome to TACAMO
photo from the VXE-6 decom CD XD-00 on the ice runway McMurdo, Antarctica	Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO Nice right side view. Lower forward windows are painted on, wing tips have communications antennas housed inside
photo from the VXE-6 decom CD Double Nuts being stuffed with TRASH!	Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO Left side
photo from the VXE-6 decom CD Double Nuts on the ramp in Christchurch, NZ If you never drove that van then you wouldn't understand....	Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO Close up of the Nose
photo from somewhere off of the web Self loading cargo loading in Christchurch, NZ	Official Navy photo by TACAMO PAO Front view, Herc park pavilion is in the background
photo from the web page of Maohai Huang http://buast7.bu.edu/~mhuang/ant/mcm/mcm.html Self loading cargo off-loading at the Ice Runway, McMurdo, Antarctica	Official Navy photos by TACAMO PAO Two display plaques, the left one describes the mission of the EC-130Q, the right one tells the history of 159348.
photo by Bruce Thompson Dave Enscoe, Trans-Pac'ing home after DF93/94 Inside of XD-00	Pages one and two of the official news release about the new aircraft display at TACAMO Tinker
photo by Bruce Thompson Double Nuts on the ramp at NAS South Weymouth, MA near Boston on a good deal flight over Memorial Day weekend 94.	Pages three and four of the official news release about the new aircraft display at TACAMO Tinker
After the end of its operational life as a TACAMO communications platform, 159348 was also used as a "bounce bird" by the TACAMO community after the communications gear was removed in 1989. It was operated during Desert Storm as a "trash and cattle" hauler by VQ-4 until the TACAMO mission tempo for VQ-4 increased. 159348 was loaned to VR-22, and they operated it as an additional asset during the end of Desert Storm. After the end of Desert Storm 159348 went to the boneyard, and was resurrected by VXE-6 to be used as a "bounce bird" and as a "trash and cattle" hauler during Operation Deep Freeze from 1992-1995. When 159348 came to the end of its required service life period no one wanted to pay for the rework, although the United States Forest Service, the Drug Enforcement Agency, and a couple of other "alphabet soup" named government agencies were interested. There were no takers, so it was given an early retirement at Tinker AFB. A true hero of the Cold War!