Dates

Event

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

Circa 1958

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-0712.

Converted to a C-130C.

1 January 1968

Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CF0001.

Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 929.

Converted to a NC-130B.

Transferred to Johnson Spaces Center.

From 10 September 1969 to By 1979

Assigned civil registration: N929NA

From 10 September 1969 to By 1979

USED FOR NASA Earth Survey 2.

New serial number assigned: 707 NASA

Transferred to Dryden Flight Research Center, NAS Moffett Field, CA.

From February 1982 to By 2000

Assigned civil registration: N707NA

2 July 1983

Photographer: Peter B Lewis
Notes: At NAS Moffett Field

Fitted with YJ56-A6 gas generators and used for boundary layer control research.

September 1996

Photographer: Tom Tessier
Notes: At Edwards AFB, CA

By 2000

To unknown owner with c/r N707NA.
Sale reported to a new owner in Boulder, CO.

From By 2000 to By 2001

Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage at Jeffco City, CO.

4 November 2000

Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

31 July 2001

To unknown owner with c/r N707NA.
Sale reported to a new owner in Boulder, CO.

By 2005

To Aircraft Restoration and Marketing, Davis-Monthan AFB (West Side), Tucson, AZ.
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20 February 2013

Civil registration, N707NA, cancelled.
Sale reported to a new owner in Boulder, CO.

13 March 2017

Photographer: Robert Nichols

17 February 2024

Photographer: Cassidy Cristello
Notes: NASA707 has since had her wings torn off in the ARM yard to support the fleet of other flying C-130s around the globe. By far one of the most unique aircraft resting in ARM