| Serial | 282-3719 | |||||||||||||||
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| Model | KC-130F Hercules | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Written-off | |||||||||||||||
| Comments | w/o 10.02.68 The a/c was on finals to Khe Sanh AB, Vietnam, on a re-supply mission of fuel bladders & flame throwers from Da Nang AP, when it was hit by .50 calibre gunfire from the ground. Engine 3 caught fire, a fuel bladder was hit & ruptured and the fuel caught fire. Trailing fire, the pilot managed to land at Khe Sanh. The fuel bladders exploded into flames after touchdown (with VMGR-152) | |||||||||||||||
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