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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:AC-130A Spectre
    Last Military Serial:54-1630 USAF
    Construction Number:3017
    Compressed ID:Lockheed AC-130A sn 54-1630 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1955

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

    Circa November 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-1630.

    July 1957

    Transferred to 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart AFB, TN.

    Converted to a JC-130A.

    Circa 1968

    Converted to an AC-130A.

    Markings Applied: Mores de Callis

    Circa September 1968

    This aircraft flew combat missions over Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.

    November 1974


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    November 1975

    Transferred to 711th Special Operations Squadron, 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: Azrael

    February 1991

    Flew at least three combat missions in Kuwait and Iraq during Operation Desert Storm.

    13 November 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show

    From Circa September 1994 to March 1995

    Flew combat missions over Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy.

    October 1995

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Markings Applied: Azrael Angel of Death

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     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.net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Spectre Association
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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