Hercules aircraft work, military acquisition, Air Force and army aircraft assignments, E Services training on aircraft.
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It changed all along. The Hercs were always a very military acquisition; always something they wanted ready when there was strife around the world. The A models got sold, the ones I worked on.
Funny sorts of things go on. I don't really completely understand what is going on anymore form the Air Force point of view. The Air Force only handles certain aircraft; the smaller, lighter aircraft is handled by the army. Right or wrong, that's way it is. After working at 2 A D, I worked on a lot of the E Services done on the "A" Hercules. I did a lot of Orbit 1 E Services carried out by the RAAF. Then I trained on the last one.
Places: RAAF
Interesting facts
Australia bought the Hercules first. The RAAF was the first export customer for the C-130 Hercules, taking delivery in 1958. The type is still flying with air forces today, nearly seventy years on.
The lettered service cycle. RAAF maintenance ran in cycles from A to E: A was a daily walk-round, E took the aircraft substantially to pieces and put it back together. An E Service is weeks of work and the reason a depot exists.
