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Technical Sergeant Shaub was nominated for the Medal of Honor.
On the morning of April 15, 1972, SSgt Shaub was flying on a mission with a crew from the776th Tactical Airlift Squadron for an air drop mission over An Loc, Vietnam. His aircraft which was loaded with Class A explosives was hit by heavy enemy fire.
He and his fellow loadmaster were struck by shrapnel in the cargo department. Seeing the danger to the aircraft and crew, SSgt Shaub instinctively released the restraining strap holding the load and set the cargo free. Two of the pallets exploded as they left the aircraft. The heat from the bleed air made the metal skin of the fire extinguishers too hot to touch, but SSgt Shaub used one to fight a fire that broke out in the wheel well area. In spite of his injuries, he managed to put out the fire and save the aircraft. However, ground fire had knocked out both left-hand engines and there was no hydraulic pressure to lower the landing gear. With his own hands too badly burned to turn the crank, SSgt Shaub supervised as his fellow crew member cranked down the gear. They finally extended just as the aircraft reached the traffic pattern at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. The aircraft lost power from a third engine just before touch-down but the pilot managed to get the crippled aircraft on the ground.
TSgt Shaub was not awarded the medal of Honor. Still, he received the Air Force Cross, the second highest award presented to U.S. Air Force personnel for heroism.
Sergeant Shaub was initially trained and flew as a Flight Traffic Specialist, A60650.
TSgt Shaub was interred in Old Halltown Cemetery, near Halltown, Sumner County, Tennessee.
TSgt Shaub was awarded the "Robert H. Pitzenbarger Heroism Award" by the Air Force Sergeants Association.
Sergeant Shaub was known as Jack Wright by his family.
1963-1972, C-130 Hercules
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C-130 Hercules Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
The C-130 series began as a 1951 requirement for a military transport with Short Take-Off and Landing capabilities. The series was born as the YC-130 and performed well in the latter part of 1954 with its Allison three-bladed turboprop engines. With successes encountered throughout the war in Vietnam and furthermore in peacetime, the C-130 Hercules spawned a plethora of variants that would include special forces insertion, arctic patrol, meteorological research, communications, close-support and modernized variants of the base transport.
Model Lockheed C-130H Hercules Length 97.77 ft | 29.80 m Width 132.55 ft | 40.40 m Height 37.40 ft | 11.40 m Engine(s) 4 x Allison T56-A-15LFE turboprop engines generating 4,508hp each. Empty Weight 76,505 lbs | 34,702 kg MTOW 175,003 lbs | 79,380 kg Max Speed 386 mph | 621 km/h | 335 kts Max Range 2,237 miles | 3,600 km Ceiling 33,005 ft | 10,060 m | 6.3 miles Climb Rate Not Available Hardpoints 0 Armament None. Internal payload of up to 42,637lbs of supplies, personnel and vehicles. Accommodations 4 + 92 Operators Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States of America among others (about 60 in all).
