Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
IIRC all the USAF bases in the UK at one time had a couple of Huskies for crash rescue.
At an Alconbury airshow in the early '70s a Phantom had a leg collapse on landing. By the time the Huskey was airborne there was a crane and low loader in position lifting the aircraft off the runway.
I think the flying display was delayed for about 15 mins.