REACH callsign

[majoco]

Hmm... I found this...

USN LC-130R BuNo 159131, c/n 4522, operated by VXE-6 for the National Science Foundation, crashed landing at site D59, Carrefour, Antarctica, 1,200 kilometers from McMurdo, while bringing in spares for LC-130F BuNo 148321, c/n 3567, damaged when JATO bottle broke loose on take-off, February 1, 1971 and not repaired and flown out until January 1988. c/n 4522 written off.

So 321 ran off the runway in 1971, not at McMurdo but Carrefour, stayed there for 17years before they dug it out. I remember the day shift guys saying that most damage was done with shovels! 131 sent in with spares for 321 was the one that crashed and burned.

http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/history/321/digout.html

 

[Flyham]

Regarding "Reach" Callsigns and aircraft types. Here's about a 1 1/2 year old article on the NC AIR Guard unit out of CLT switching from C-130s to C-17s.

https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/charlottes-145th-airlift-wing-transitioning-to-c-17s/

Might explain all the hits showing C-17s in the south piedmont.