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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130E-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:63-7877 USAF
    Construction Number:3948
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130E-LM sn 63-7877 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Illinois ANG - 182nd Airlift Wing Unit, Peoria, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    1964

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

    7 May 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7877.

    May 1964

    Transferred to 464th Troop Carrier Wing, Pope AFB, NC.

    1965

    Transferred to 438th Military Airlift Wing, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    Circa December 1965

    Transferred to 50th Troop Carrier Squadron, 315th Air Division, Clark Air Base, Philippines.

    January 1966

    Transferred to 776th Troop Carrier Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Pope AFB, NC.

    July 1971

    Transferred to 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan.

    June 1974

    Transferred to 776th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Clark AFB, Philippines.
    Operated with markings: DL

    January 1976

    Transferred to 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 316th Tactical Airlift Group, Yokota Air Base, Japan.

    By August 1989

    Transferred to 167th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 167th Tactical Airlift Group, West Virginia ANG, Shepherd Field ANG Base, Martinsburg, WV.

    April 1995

    Transferred to 169th Airlift Squadron, 182nd Airlift Wing, Illinois ANG, Peoria, IL.
    Operated with markings: IL

    Markings Applied: PEORIA

    August 2005

    Transferred to 53rd Airlift Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, AR.
    Operated with markings: THE ROCK

    Circa 2006

    Transferred to 62nd Airlift Squadron, 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, AR.

    2009

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

    Loaned to Il Ang (Peoria), 182 MXS/MXMT, Peoria, IL.

    August 2009

    To Illinois ANG-182nd Airlift Wing Unit, Peoria, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 3877 182ND AW, U.S. AIR FORCE, ANG PEORIA 37877

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Air Park

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    27 April 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     C-130 Hercules HQ Message Board
    C-130 Hercules.net
    C-130.Net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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