USAF EC/RC-130s Berlin corridor 1970/80s
I remember seeing 4, there always seemed to be 4 of the above mentioned C-130s based at Frankfurt Rhein-Main in the 70s and their raison d'etre was to fly up and down the air corridor monitoring whatever they were tasked to monitor. I seem to remember that they had almost invisible markings hidden in either a very dark grey/black exterior or camouflage.
They still seemed to be there throughout the 80s and perhaps into the 90s, although as i was mostly passing through i didn't watch them too closely. There were stories locally of the eastern block airliners routinely requesting to land on the runway that was closest to the Rhein-Main base and if allowed then little cameras started clicking the airframes on the base to be sent back to the GRU/KGB analysts on the return trip.
Does anyone remember the herks and their missions and have any stories to recall ?
SHJ
Last edited by SpringHeeledJack; 14th Jan 2010 at 14:08.