This airplane
was manufactured
at Lockheed in
1961. This
plane was
acquired on May
01, 1962. The
planes
assignment was
VMGR-152, and a
note in the
current location
has this plane
going through
the DECM giving
it an extended
service range to
2008.
John O'Neill
Sends This
Picture of
149799 - John
was a Flight
Mech.
Bob Daley
Sends us This
Update on 09
December 2006:
Thanks Again Bob
149799 is now
in AMARC.
Tony Villa
Sends This
picture of
149799 in
Futenma, Japan
on 06 December
2006:
Thanks Tony
MARINE CORPS
AIR STATION
FUTENMA,
OKINAWA, Japan -
A High-Mobility
Multipurpose
Wheeled Vehicle,
or "humvee,"
towing equipment
prepares to
drive onto a
KC-130 Hercules
here bound for
the Philippines
as part of Joint
Task Force-535
here Dec. 8,
2004. The
equipment, along
with about 600
Marines and
sailors, are
part of the 3rd
Marine
Expeditionary
Brigade, a
rapidly
deployable force
in the pacific
theater that is
transporting
relief materials
to distribution
points for the
crisis in the
Philippines. A
July 6 flight
from Marine
Corps Air
Station Iwakuni
to Wake Island
marked the
250,000th
mishap-free
flight hour for
Marine Aerial
Refueler
Squadron 152,
1st Marine Air
Wing.
Photo by: Cpl
Chris Korhonen
Photo ID:
200571433340
Submitting Unit:
MCB Camp Butler
Photo
Date:12/08/2004
Craig DeLong
Sends These of
149799 on 28
November 2006:
Thanks Craig
New Photo
Received From
Alan Deegan for
149799 in Danang
1967: Thanks
Again Alan
John
Hirschberger
came through
with the
following on
149799:
Thanks John
I
found your site
on military.com
, just writing
to give you some
info , a/c 799
just took off
today from
vmgr-152
destined for the
boneyard , will
try to get you a
picture of it
taking off from
home for the
last time.
No other
information is
available for
this plane.
Anyone with
stories about
this plane are
encouraged to
send them to
Nick for
postings. Also
any other
photo's of this
plane or the
crew's that flew
her.
Nick@kc130.com |
