Loadmasters and crew supervising fork lift unloading of cargo pallet from rear of C-130. You can see rollers on floor of cargo area on which the pallets could be easily moved and locked in place. Occasionally when landing at “hot” airfields the rear cargo doors would be opened and pallets unlocked … the aircraft would then accelerate while taxiing allowing the pallets to slide out back of plane onto the taxiway. This could be down very quickly allowing for a moving, engines-running offload followed by immediate takeoff … depriving nearby enemy of an easy target on the ground. Vietnam 1972.
Personal photos/text taken in/out of Vietnam combat zone from perspective of copilot on USAF C-130 345th Tactical Airlift Crew. Not just about the war, but also about the people/places of the region during 1972. This is where I got my first Nikon film SLR which turned into lifelong passion albeit now Canon digital SLR. The photos are recent digital scans from old 35mm slides wasting away in hot/cold attic for 40 years. Extensive Photoshop editing has been used to make them somewhat presentable.
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