C-130A/B-II MISSIONS
All 7406th C-130 missions were called Creek Grass missions after 1966.
Missions were flown at 28,000 ft for a duration of 8+40 hours. Due to increases in C-130A-II  weight, mission duration was down to 7+30 hours by 1970. Missions returned to 8+40 hours with the introduction of the       C-130B-II.

ROUTES FLOWN FROM RHEIN/MAIN:
NORTH (Baltic Sea) - Leave Rhein/Main and head northeast to Kiel Bay, then East and over Bornholm, Denmark. Then north between Gotland and mainland Sweden. If time permitted orbit in an area west of North Gotland then return to R/M. About 1963 this route was changed to the middle of the Baltic Sea, east of Gotland, up to a point east of Stockholm, simpler than the RB-50 route. The Baltic missions ended in June 1973.

CENTRAL (Germany) - Leave Rhein/Main and head East then Southeast to the Bohemian Forest and orbit for eight hours. Return to R/M.

SOUTH (Adriatic Sea) - Leave Rhein/Main and head south across Austria at Innsbruck to Venice, Italy, then southeast and orbit over the Adriatic Sea next to Yugoslavia. Sometimes overnight at Aviano or Naples, Italy. Return to R/M.

TO TURKEY- Leave Rhein/Main and head south across Austria at Innsbruck, then southeast over the Adriatic Sea to Kerkira, then northeast and east across northern Greece just south of Yugoslavia & Bulgaria. Orbit in this area if time permitted. Then to Istanbul and on to Adana, landing at Incirlik. In December 1965 all missions to/from Turkey ceased.

ROUTES FROM TURKEY:
Flight crews were sent to Turkey for two weeks TDY. There were five flight areas from Incirlik: Romania, Crimea, Sochi, Armenia, & Caspian Sea.

ROMANIA- Leave Incirlik and head north. Just above Sivas head northwest to about midpoint in the Black Sea then orbit north & south facing Bulgaria & Rumania. Return to Incirlik.

CRIMEA- Leave Incirlik and head north. At midpoint in the Black Sea orbit east & west facing the Crimea. Return to Incirlik.

SOCHI- Leave Incirlik and head north. Just above Sivas head northeast to about midpoint in the Black Sea then orbit north & south facing Sochi. Return to Incirlik

ARMENIA- Leave Incirlik and head north. At Kayseri head east to just above Lake Van, then orbit north & south facing Armenia. Return to Incirlik.

CASPIAN SEA - Started May 1963. Leave Incirlik to Bitlis, then to Mehrabad air port, Tehran. Stay at Tehran two days flying missions day and night due to mission requirements. Daytime heat would at times require that some missions would start with top hatches open to reduce aircraft cabin heat. When cabin temperature was at 95 deg. F or above the backenders could not turn their radios on. Fly all missions within 12 miles of Iran coast. Return to Tehran.