David
Fri November 1, 2002 12:56pm
Rating: 10
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Camping
Psycho vets camping.
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David
Fri November 1, 2002 12:56pm
Rating: 10
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Psycho Vet Group
Psycho Vet Group
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David
Fri November 1, 2002 12:57pm
Rating: 10
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The psycho vets crowd.
The psycho vets crowd.
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 12:43am
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EC-130E Commando Solo
Function: Airborne Psycological Warfare/ Electronic Warfare platform.
Background: Fielded in 1992, the Rivet Rider variant of the Commando Solo electronic warfare support aircraft is a highly modified C-130 Hercules transport designed to serve as an airborne television and radio broadcasting platform. Flown exclusively by the 193rd Special Operations Wing (Pennsylvania Air National Guard), the EC-130E is capable of broadcasting in all AM, FM, HF, TV (Color/ B&W) and military communications bands in support of psychological warfare operations and civil affairs broadcast missions. Rivet Rider aircraft are capable of overriding local transmitters with their own message, thus ensuring message reception.
As an EW support aircraft, Commando Solo aircraft are tasked by the 4th Psychological Operations Group (Airborne) to broadcast specific messages to a designated target audience. These messages are prepared by the 4th and are specifically designed to meet requirements dictated by the U.S. State department or the Theater Area Commander. In addition to performing PSYOP operations, Commando Solo is capable of serving in a humanitarian aid and support capacity, broadcasting public service and emergency relief information. Because of the aircraft's transmitting capabilities, the EC-130E is also capable of serving in a limited capacity as an airborne command and control aircraft as well as an electronic warfare jamming platform.
Description: Though based on the basic C-130H tactical cargo aircraft, the Commando Solo/Rivet Joint airframe has been heavily modified, both internally and externally. The Rivet Rider aircraft is equipped with three large blade antennae, one each mounted vertically underneath outside edge of the wing and one incorporated into the leading edge of the aircraft vertical stabilizer. A fourth, X-shaped, antenna is incorporated into the vertical stabilizer. Outboard of the wing antennae are two large (6 foot diameter x 23 feet long) equipment pods. When conducting broadcasting operations the aircraft streams two flexible wire antennae; one trails out behind the aircraft and another is suspended from underneath the aircraft, held in a vertical position by a suspended 500 lb. weight. For self defense the EC-130E is equipped with on-board electronic warfare radar jamming equipment, a radar warning receiver, as well as electronic and infrared counter-measures dispensers.
?General Characteristics, EC-130E Commando Solo/ Rivet Rider
Prime Contractor:
Airframe: Lockheed Aeronautic
Electronics: Lockheed-Martin
Power plant:
Four Allison T56-A-15 Turboprop Engines, 4,910 shaft horsepower per engine
Wingspan:
132 ft 7 in (40.4 meters)
Length:
100 ft 6 in (30.9 meters)
Height:
38 ft 6 in (11.7 meters)
Speed:
299 mph (478 kph)
Service Ceiling:
20,000 ft (6,154 meters)
Range:
2,100 miles (3,380 km); capable of in-flight refueling
Crew:
Four officers (pilot, copilot, navigator, mission control chief/EWO); seven enlisted (flight engineer, loadmaster, five mission crew)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
155,000 lbs (70,455 kg)
Unit Cost:
$70 million each
Date Deployed:
1992
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David
Thu January 16, 2003 5:31pm
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MC-130E/H Combat
Function: The MC-130E Combat Talon I and MC-130H Combat Talon II provide global, day, night and adverse weather capability to infiltrate, resupply and exfiltrate U.S. and allied special operations forces.
History: The MC-130E flew combat missions during the war in Southeast Asia and took part in the attempted rescue of Americans held at the Son Tay prisoner of war camp in 1970. In 1983, MC-130E's participated in Operation Urgent Fury to rescue Americans from the island nation of Grenada. One of the Combat Talon crews earned the Mackay Trophy for the most meritorious flight of the year by delivering Army Rangers to Point Salines Airfield amidst a barrage of anti-aircraft fire. In 1989, the MC-130E participated in Operation Just Cause in Panama, helping to seize the airfield at Rio Hato. During Desert Storm the MC-130E's primary role was psychological operations as it airdropped 11 BLU-82/B general purpose bombs and flew multiple missions air dropping and dispersing leaflets. Its secondary role was combat search and rescue.
In 1994, the MC-130E deployed to Haiti with other Air Force Special Operations Command aircraft during operations Restore Democracy and Uphold Democracy.
The MC-130H evacuated Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Liberia in 1996. In 1997, the MC-130H participated in Operation Guardian Retrieval, helping to evacuate Americans from the U.S. Embassy in Zaire. Later that year the MC-130H was part of the special operations forces called on for possible support in Cambodia.
The Talon I provided combat search and rescue and special operations forces support for Operation Southern Watch in Iraq in 1997. In September 1997, the MC-130H participated in the search for a C-141 that collided with another aircraft off the coast of Angola. The aircraft also evacuated noncombatant Americans from the Republic of the Congo in 1997. The mission earned the aircrew the Mackay Trophy.
In 1998, the MC-130s returned to Saudi Arabia during the buildup of U.S. forces to convince Iraq to comply with U.N. weapons inspections.
Description: Both aircraft are equipped with in-flight refueling equipment, terrain-following and terrain-avoidance radar, an inertial and global positioning satellite navigation system, and a high-speed aerial delivery system. The special navigation and aerial delivery systems are used to locate small drop zones and deliver people or equipment with greater accuracy and higher speeds than possible with a standard C-130. The aircraft also can penetrate hostile airspace at low altitudes, and crews are specially trained in night and adverse weather operations.
Combat Talons feature highly automated controls and displays to reduce crew size and workload. The cockpit and cargo areas are compatible with night vision goggles. The integrated control and display subsystem combines basic aircraft flight, tactical and mission sensor data into a comprehensive set of display formats that assist each operator in performing tasks efficiently.
On the MC-130H, the pilot and co-pilot displays on the cockpit instrument panel and the navigator/electronic warfare operator console -- on the aft portion of the flight deck -- each have two video displays and a data-entry keyboard. The electronic warfare operator also has a data-entry keyboard and two video displays, one of which is dedicated to electronic warfare data.
The primary pilot and co-pilot display formats include basic flight instrumentation and situational data. The display formats are available with symbology alone or with symbology overlaid with sensor video.
The navigator uses radar ground map displays, forward-looking infrared displays, tabular mission management displays and equipment status information. The electronic warfare operator's displays are used for viewing electronic warfare data and to supplement the navigators in certain critical phases.
General Characteristics, MC-130E/H Combat Talon I/II
Builder:
Lockheed
Contractor:
Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (MC-130H)
Unit Cost:
MC-130E, $45.2 million
MC-130H, $78 million (fiscal 1998 constant dollars)
Power Plant:
Four Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines
Thrust:
4,910 shaft horsepower each engine
Length:
MC-130E: 100 feet, 10 inches (30.7 meters)
MC-130H: 99 feet, 9 inches (30.4 meters)
Height:
38 feet, 6 inches (11.7 meters)
Wingspan:
132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters)
Speed:
300 mph
Load:
MC-130E: 53 troops, 26 paratroopers
MC-130H: 75 troops, 52 paratroopers
Ceiling:
33,000 feet (10,000 meters)
Maximum Take-off Weight:
155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms)
Range:
2,700 nautical miles (unlimited with air refueling)
Crew:
MC-130E: Officers - two pilots, two navigators and an electronic warfare officer; enlisted - flight engineer, two loadmasters and communications specialist
MC-130H: Officers - two pilots, a navigator and electronic warfare officer; enlisted - flight engineer and two loadmasters
Inventory:
Active force (MC-130H), 23
Reserve (MC-130E), 14
ANG, 0
Dates Deployed:
MC-130E, 1966
MC-130H, June 1991
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David
Tue March 11, 2003 5:25pm
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MOAB Bomb
MOAB, short for "massive ordnance air burst" bomb, is a 21,000-pound bomb that is pushed out the back of a C-130 transport and guided by satellite. Because it is not dropped by parachute, as was the old Daisy Cutter, the aircraft can let it go from far higher altitudes, making it safer for U.S. pilots.
The MOAB's massive explosive punch is similar to a small nuclear weapon.
It is intended to obliterate a command center hidden in tunnels and bunkers or a concentration of tanks.
One important aspect of using this type of weapon will be psychological impact on enemy troops. It is intended to terrorize troops, drastically reducing their desire to continue the fight.
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David
Tue March 11, 2003 5:26pm
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MOAB Bomb Rear View
MOAB, short for "massive ordnance air burst" bomb, is a 21,000-pound bomb that is pushed out the back of a C-130 transport and guided by satellite. Because it is not dropped by parachute, as was the old Daisy Cutter, the aircraft can let it go from far higher altitudes, making it safer for U.S. pilots.
The MOAB's massive explosive punch is similar to a small nuclear weapon.
It is intended to obliterate a command center hidden in tunnels and bunkers or a concentration of tanks.
One important aspect of using this type of weapon will be psychological impact on enemy troops. It is intended to terrorize troops, drastically reducing their desire to continue the fight.
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Marissa
Wed March 26, 2003 5:10pm
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CENTCOM Area of Responsib
CENTCOM Area of Responsibility (March 3, 2003) -- A systems operator and flight crewman mans his station on board a U.S. Air Force EC-130E aircraft during a "Commando Solo" broadcast mission. Special operators from the 4th Psychological Operations Group (POG) and the U.S. Air Force's 193rd Special Operations Wing (SOW) broadcast television and radio programming that allows the U.S. to communicate directly to the Iraqi people.
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David
Thu October 7, 2004 12:09am
Rating: 10
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Badge for the Wounded
Badge for the Wounded
Under the pressure of several Dutch Veteran organisations, the Dutch Government finally istituted a special Badge for the Wounded in October 1990 as an equivalent of the American Purple Heart. The decoration can be obtained when wounded during the cause of engeging enemy activities. It can also be awarded to members of the Merchant Marine.
The injury can be either fysical or psychological trauma, endured in the cause of war or situations that can be compared to war, like peacekeeping enforcements. The decoration can also be obtained for injurys endured during wars in the past.
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David
Fri October 17, 2008 7:11am
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Psychological Warfare PART I booklet - August 1944
This 24-page booklet was produced by the Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas in August 1944 and details the use of tactical psychological warfare against the Japanese in the Pacific Theater.
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