Tales of the flying the line in an USAF C130 in the Pacific theater 1973-1993
Bamban Low Level Route and Drop Zone . . .
Anyone who has been in C130s in the Pacific during the 1970s-90s has spent some time flying around Mt Arayat in the Philippines at 500′ AGL.
Loading a heavy equipment pallet for airdrop on Bamban DZ (Madden Photo)The chariot awaits, 637825, C130E from 345 TAS. Looks like the GTC was not working and they needed an air cart to get started (Madden Photo)637866 Clark AB, Philippines. Getting reading to back out of the hardstand for another Bamban route 22May 1982 (Madden photo)
Enroute in formation on the north bound leg of the Bamban route (Madden Photo)On the north bound leg of a Bamban low level route(500′ AGL) over Luzon. Note the shadow o of the plane .24 May 1982 (Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)Somewhere in the mountains of Luzon (Baguio) (Madden Photo)Better than a GPS on a low level (Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)(Madden Photo)TSGT Gambert of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, holds onto a static line as he watches a containerized delivery system (CDS) pallet readied for airdrop from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during tactical airdrop training flight. Eight air crews and two aircraft are deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Clark Air Base for the exercise. 4JAN1987 (USAF Photo)Heavy equipment pallet leaves a C130E over Bamban DZ 4 January 1987 (USAF Photo)Load Clear over Bamban DZ 4 January 1987 (USAF Photo)
Another Tac Trainer
A LAPES training mission on Bamban EZ
A C-130 Hercules aircraft releases a drogue chute as members of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron execute a low altitude parachute extraction system (LAPES) drop during a training flight. Eight air crews and two aircraft are deployed from Yokota Air Base, Japan, to Clark Air Base for the exercise. 4 january 1987 (usaf pHOTO)
