Camp Bullis C-130?

Ken · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:04 am

While lining up on final to San Antonio's 12R, I recently saw what looked like a complete C-130 in a compound. I assume this is the Camp Bullis area. I assume she had to have been trucked in.

On google, I think I can find the compound, but I don't see the Herk in the imagery. Can anyone comment on this airframe?

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:47 am

Ken wrote:

While lining up on final to San Antonio's 12R, I recently saw what looked like a complete C-130 in a compound. I assume this is the Camp Bullis area. I assume she had to have been trucked in.

On google, I think I can find the compound, but I don't see the Herk in the imagery. Can anyone comment on this airframe?

I don't remember seeing that, but it could be. I doubt it would have had to be trucked in as Bullis has a long dirt runway.

Ryan

Cubs · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:08 am

I'm looking on Google earth. No sign of C-130 or dirt runway. Am I looking in the right place?
Approx. 8.5 miles, NW, from the runway 12R thresold, San Antonio, TX

Correction: i see a nice dirt runway, with parallel taxiway, north of the Bullis complex.

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:30 pm

There were several Thuds there a few years ago (all gone now) Don't know the last time I saw the Herk although I don't fly in that area much anymore.

RareBear · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:40 pm

There is a C-130 fuselage and also a C-135 fuselage in a compound at the USAF Medical Training facility at Camp Bullis. Don't see any complete C-130.

Walt

Cubs · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 6:26 am

Fuselages and a piece of a -130 horiz. stab.

Google earth: 29deg 39' 45.16"N 98deg 35' 30.80"W

Ken · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:04 am

Those coordinates are likely the same compound. I believe it is too far from the dirt strip for it to be relevant.

What I saw recently appeared to be a complete C-130, oriented 90 degrees to the fuselage in the image (now pointing north). I don't know how old the imagery is on google.

Ken

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:53 pm

Here's what my scouting revealed today.

Ryan

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 9:54 pm

And two more.

Ryan

TAdan · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 10:10 pm

Excellent Recon Ryan.

Obergrafeter · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 9:31 am

Excellent photos Ryan.............I am here from the FBI to help you!!!

67Cougar · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 12:00 pm

The 'intact' -130 is an E model, and carries the ST tail code of the 82TRW (Sheppard AFB). Sheppard has a number of E models (about a dozen, almost all ex-Little Rock) used for ground instruction. This one was apparently transferred to Bullis sometime recently - it would have been by truck, the ground airframes at Sheppard are not flight capable. Surprising they would have taken the trouble of taking the wings off, transporting them, and then reassembling, rather than just the fuselage. The latest USAF serial registration book (the one that came out in June) doesn't show any C-130s at Bullis, so I can't determine what the s/n is.

The C-130 fuselage may be one of two that were listed in San Antonio (one at Brooks, one at Kelly), or it might have been trucked from Wichita Falls as well.

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:32 pm

Ober might chime in here, but Bullis was a training base years ago for the C-130's to pratice there drop in and pop out. They would do a touch and go and the cargo pop's out via a chute...

RyanShort1 · **Posted:** Wed Jul 04, 2012 10:06 pm

Lynn Allen wrote:

Ober might chime in here, but Bullis was a training base years ago for the C-130's to pratice there drop in and pop out. They would do a touch and go and the cargo pop's out via a chute...

They still do from time to time. Every once in a while we see them. I shot these on a flight from 5C1 to 1T8 and back with a student. Decided to keep my eyes open for the bird.

Ryan

Andy Marden · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 4:30 am

Actually the intact C-130E does not carry ST, it carries RS from its days at Ramstein. It is 70-1264.
The fuselage is GC-130B 58-0727.
Andy Marden

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