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A C-130 might be theoretically capable of taking off from a carrier, but if that carrier is stationed off the East Coast of the USA (as it was in the movie) it sure as heck isnt going to be able to fly from the North Atlantic all the way to a base in South Korea without refueling. Several times. Same deal with taking off from South Korea and flying all the way back to Israel. Just like the guns in movies that never seem to run out of bullets, the airplanes seem to be able to fly about 10 times farther in the movies than they can in real life.
LOL...Apologies for sounding like I was supporting Hollywood's lies...His question made me research it, and that was what I found...Not something I would ever want to do, that's for sure. In fact, I believe that was the beginning of the JATO days, I saw those in action before they quit using it...That made a Herc leap into the air, it was amazing.
But yeah, movies are full of bubblegum. I was just surprised to find out they had actually done it.