Members of the 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to do maintenance on C-130E 62-1817. The aircraft was inducted into history when Lt. Col. Howard Dallman, 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, landed his crew and aircraft under heavy enemy fire from the People's Army of Vietnam to re-supply besieged Marines in Khe Sanh Feb. 5, 1968. Colonel Dallman received the Air Force Cross and his crew received the Silver Star for their effort to re-supply the Marines in Khe Sanh. [USAF phot by Senior Airman Domonique Simmons]
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News: Hercules with long history joins the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron [2008-04-15]
Officials in the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron recently added "Patches", a C-130E, tail #62-1817, into its fleet. The airplane arrived from Pope AFB, North Carolina.
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