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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130D-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0494 USAF
    Construction Number:3201
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130D-LM sn 57-0494 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0494.

    Converted to a C-130D-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    20 April 1959

    To 61st TCS, 314th TCW, Sewart AFB, TN.

    From Circa 1960 to 1961

    Base of operations changed.
    Aicraft flew from New Zealand and Antartica.

    After December 1965

    Transferred to 17th TCS, 21st Composite Wing, Elmendorf AFB, AK.
    Flew missions supporting the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line radar sites.

    By 1974

    Transferred to 17th TAS, 21st Composite Wing, Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    1974


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    1974


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    Transferred to 139th TAS, 109th TAG, New York ANG, Schenectady MAP, NY.

    15 February 1985

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number AACF0040.

    30 April 2002


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At Row 01 at AMARC, Tucson AZ
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