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THE COMBAT TALON WEAPONS SYSTEM
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Lift Line (Source: LTM 1MC-130E-1, 1 October 1981, Combat
Talon Archive, HQ AFSOC/HO, Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
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hooked the lift line using the parahook. At the
forward flight station, the upper part of the lift
line was drawn into the aircraft through the overhead
escape hatch using the pilot’s hook, and excess
line was cut off. The end attached to the sky
anchor was held until the sky anchor was released.
At the ramp the parahook was raised by
the primary winch and the overhead pulley, thus
drawing the lift line aboard the ramp (fig. 5c and
fig. 5d).
A snatch block, attached at one end to the
standby winch, was connected to the lift line below
the parahook, and the winch was reeled in
until the snatch block neared the winch (fig. 5e).
An anchor clamp, attached at one end to a tiedown
just forward of the winch platform, was
then clamped to the lift line as far back as possible,
and the standby winch was reeled out until
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AFSOC/HO, Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
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1MC-130E-1, 1 October 1981, Combat Talon Archive, HQ
AFSOC/HO, Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
Figure 5e. Anchor Clamp Attached to Lift Line (Source: LTM
1MC-130E-1, 1 October 1981, Combat Talon Archive, HQ
AFSOC/HO, Hurlburt Field, Fla.)
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