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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:DC-130A Hercules
    Last Military Serial:570497 USN
    Construction Number:3204
    Compressed ID:Lockheed DC-130A sn 570497 USN cn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-130A-45-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    August 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0497.

    By March 1963

    Converted to a DC-130A.

    March 1963

    To 3225th Drone Squadron, Air Force Missile Development Center, Holloman AFB, NM.

    August 1968

    Transferred to 4472nd CCTS, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    By March 1975

    Transferred to 11th TDS, 432D TDG, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.
    Operated with markings: DF

    By 1978

    Markings Applied: DM

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photo taken at Carlsbad, NM, airshow circa 1978.

    8 January 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CF024.

    13 March 1979

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 570497.

    March 1979

    Transferred to VC-3.
    Operated with markings: UF-497

    April 1985

    Transferred to Tracor Fight Systems Inc.
    Operated the aircraft on behalf of the US Navy.

    March 1986


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Mojave airport, California.

    March 1990

    To AVTEL.
    Operated the aircraft on behalf of the US Navy.

    By May 2002

    Transferred to VX-30.

    Circa 2003

    Flew missions during Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003.

    27 June 2007

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 2G0055.
    When retired, 570497 was oldest C-130 in US military service.

    By 2015

    Placed on display with Celebrity Row, Davis-Monthan AFB (North Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     C-130.Net
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
    Max Sabin
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