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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130A Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0514 USAF
    Construction Number:3221
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130A sn 57-0514 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RC-130A-55-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0514.

    By 1961

    Transferred to 1st Aerial Cartographic and Geodetic Squadron, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler AFB, MS.

    Converted to a C-130A.

    By 16 August 1986

    Transferred to 43rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, Rhode Island ANG.

    By 13 June 1989

    Transferred to 127th Tactical Fighter Wing, Michigan ANG.
    Operated with markings: Miassis Dragon

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Mi Ang (Selfridge Angb), 127 MXG/CC, Selfridge Angb, MI.

    By September 1989

    Placed on display with Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, MI.
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    8 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Selfridge ANGB, MI, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Peter Nicholson
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