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OP, your instincts were right. That guy is full of crap. Ive got several thousand C-130 hours. Air Force version. JATO was never used in flight, only take-off. It maybe was used in nam, but in my time JATO is only used by Fat Albert on the Blue Angels demo team and possibly the ski birds that operate in the arctic. Air Force C-130s had no defensive counter measures like chaff until around the late 90's, early 2000's. 600 kts would rip the wings right off, and like mentioned, JATO is only for take off assist. I cant remember what the red line is. Its never a factor on that plane. High 300's at low altitude. Did the guy also say he "once lost all four engines, started the "goat" and flew home sideways"? Thats a old, dumb, C-130 joke.
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