On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 15:01:31 -0500, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:

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The US Army still had a two or three 'Bous flying in CONUS into the
'80s. Interestingly these went from Army to USAF and then back to
Army. They were used for AVCRAD support and there was at least one
was from an SF unit. Army 'Bous were also used quite late for range
support at Eniwetok.

I thought they were using the DASH-7/8 for that support work.

Caribous were used prior to that, and C-23s have also been used.

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Up unitil about a year ago I lived within spitting distance of the A.P. Hill
DZ, before moving to the western side of Spotsylvania County. Saw lots of
C-130's doing drop work there, a few C-141's and C-17's, and a couple of
oddities (what looked like a CASA 212 and a Twin Otter); never personally
saw a Buffalo. Doesn't mean there wasn't one in the A/O--sometimes the more
shadowy types train on the base, not to mention the resident SEAL training
detachment.


CASA 212s are used by both the USAF and Army. The Army has used them
for specialized ELINT/SIGINT and special ops. The Twin Otter may be a
three-letter agency bird. They are also still using C-47s for drop
work.

John Hairell )