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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-300 / C-141 Starlifter
    Latest Model:NC-141A Starlifter
    Last Military Serial:61-2775 USAF
    Construction Number:300-6001
    Compressed ID:Lockheed NC-141A sn 61-2775 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware

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    Dates

    Event

    22 August 1963

    Constructed as a C-141A.
    Roll out. First C-141 built, completed as test aircraft.

    7 September 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2775.

    7 September 1963

    Transferred to Air Materiel Command.
    Operated with markings: MATS

    17 December 1963

    First flight.

    Circa January 1964

    Transferred to Air Materiel Command (later Systems Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    31 March 1964

    Redesignated as JC-141A.

    31 May 1967

    Redesignated as C-141A.

    25 September 1969

    Converted to a NC-141A.

    12 December 1969

    Transferred to Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: ASD

    30 December 1972

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: ASD

    1975

    Transferred to 4953rd Test Squadron, 4950th Test Wing, Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
    Operated with markings: ASD

    20 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

    From Circa August 1990 to February 1991

    Provided airlift support for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm.

    By May 1991

    Markings Applied: First of the Fleet

    From 20 December 1997 to 6 February 1998

    Was used for NASA Dryden Eclipse Tow program, in which an F-106 was towed into the air on a 1000-foot long towrope as a test to study the feasibility of launching the next generation of Space Shuttles from in-flight.

    21 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    February 1998

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    February 1998

    Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE.

    18 February 1998

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This original short-bodied Lockheed Starlifter is preserved at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, DE. This machine was a test aircraft throughout its career.
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    C-141 Heaven by Mike Novack
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