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Airframe Family:	Lockheed L-300 / C-141 Starlifter
Latest Model:	YC-141B Starlifter
Last Military Serial:	66-0186 USAF
Construction Number:	300-6212
Compressed ID:	Lockheed YC-141B sn 66-0186 USAF cn...
Latest Owner or Location:	Aviation History and Technology Center, Dobbins ARB (formerly Atlanta NAS), Atlanta, Georgia

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a C-141A-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA.
Circa 1 May 1967		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-0186.
Circa 1974		To 438th Military Airlift Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.
Circa June 1979		Converted to a YC-141B. This was the first C-141 to receive the stretch upgrade in the late 1970s.
By November 1979		To Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, CA.
From Unknown to 1 October 1992		Transferred to 57th Military Airlift Squadron (Training), 443rd Military Airlift Wing, Altus AFB, OK.
		Photographer: Mark Pasqualino Notes: At Tinker AFB
20 May 1993		To Dobbins ARB (formerly Atlanta NAS), Atlanta, GA. View the Location Dossier
		To Aviation Wing of the Marietta Museum of History., Dobbins ARB (formerly Atlanta NAS), Atlanta, GA. View the Location Dossier
March 1996		To Aviation History and Technology Center, Dobbins ARB (formerly Atlanta NAS), Atlanta, GA. View the Location Dossier
		Disassembled, but apparently complete.
January 2015		Photographer: eLaReF Notes: with Aviation Wing of the Marietta Museum of History., Dobbins ARB (Formerly Atlanta NAS), Atlanta, GA.
15 April 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin
15 April 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin
15 April 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin
15 April 2023		Photographer: Max Sabin

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden

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C-141 Heaven by Mike Novack
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United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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Lance Jones
steve karew
Chris Kennedy
Max Sabin

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