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Originally posted by esdad71
www.post-gazette.com...
This is a newspaper report 5 days after 9/11. This explains the white aircraft and puts the C-130 there.
Originally posted by Valhall
Thanks for this . You understand that the EC-130H has more capabilities than is publically stated, right? It has classified capabilities, and also has had airframe kills in combat (according to certain sources). So we're talking about more than jamming.
[edit on 3-23-2006 by Valhall]
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Originally posted by Valhall
Thanks for this . You understand that the EC-130H has more capabilities than is publically stated, right? It has classified capabilities, and also has had airframe kills in combat (according to certain sources). So we're talking about more than jamming.
[edit on 3-23-2006 by Valhall]
I can't speak for all of them, but I know that most US aircraft and weapons systems have capabilities that are ment for use only in an emergency or in an all out war. I don't know about the EC-130H having knocked down aircraft with it's jamming system, but I do know from experience that EA-6B Prowlers have set off enemy SAM's while they were still on their launchers and have set off radio controlled car bombs far away from their intended targets. From past experience I tend to give Valhall's information a high credability factor. I don't doubt the presence of the EC-130, the problem I have is with the position of the EC-130. I am very familiar with the capabilities of the C-130 aircraft and am trying to figure out its possible position in relation to Flight 93. Either it wasn't close enough to do anything or it has the capability to direct its jamming long distances on a tight beam.
One thing that needs to be mentioned it that there are other sources of information besides that on the internet. It may not always be possible to provide a link to the information. That doesn't mean that it is not valid anymore than being able to provide a link makes the information valid.
Originally posted by Lanton
So what? Valhall's taken this statement by the FBI; "A C-130 military cargo plane was also within 25 miles of the passenger jet when it crashed" and deduced that it was in fact an EC-130H and that that plane brought the flight down.
The aircraft that spotted the "black smoke" was the same unarmed Air National Guard cargo plane that had seen American 77 crash into the Pentagon 27 minutes earlier. It had resumed its flight to Minnesota and saw the smoke from the crash of United 93, less than two minutes after the plane went down. At 10:17, the Command Center advised headquarters of its conclusion that United 93 had indeed crashed.170
We know there was a C-130 (or a variant of that aircraft) close to the scene of the crash site, the FBIs admitted that; but what Valhall's done is take that nugget of factual information, then molded it to conform with his theory that it was an EC-130H and that it forced the flight down.
Originally posted by Lanton
We know there was a C-130 (or a variant of that aircraft) close to the scene of the crash site, the FBIs admitted that; but what Valhall's done is take that nugget of factual information, then molded it to conform with his theory that it was an EC-130H and that it forced the flight down.
Originally posted by JIMC5499
Originally posted by Lanton
We know there was a C-130 (or a variant of that aircraft) close to the scene of the crash site, the FBIs admitted that; but what Valhall's done is take that nugget of factual information, then molded it to conform with his theory that it was an EC-130H and that it forced the flight down.
First Val only claims that the EC-130 was responsible for the loss of communication with Flight 93 and the resulting power and communication problems on the ground near the crash site. Both of these are well with in the capabilities of the aircraft. The jamming may very well have contributed to the crash if it interfered with the aircraft's instruments. Remember these terrorists were not experienced airline pilots. The jamming could have caused them to overstress the airframe causing the aircraft to break up and crash. In my opinion this is more credable than the plane being shot down. Isn't a theory supposed to be an educated guess that fits within the facts?
Originally posted by Icarus Rising
Val, its post #2066959 in this thread, and I agree with your assessment that the ANG C-130H that took off from somewhere near DC 8 minutes after the ground stop was on a special mission and had special capabilities. Your post I referenced ties it all together nicely and your reasoning deserves consideration and attention. Seems somebody doesn't want to hear about it.
We don't always agree about everything, but you do your homework well, and I know you don't come to conclusions lightly or without going through the proper process. Don't let this joker get to you.
The Compass Call EC-130H is flown by the 355th Wing's 41st and 43rd Electronic Combat Squadrons, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ (globalsecurity.org).