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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:AC-130A Spectre
    Last Military Serial:54-1626 USAF
    Construction Number:3013
    Compressed ID:Lockheed AC-130A sn 54-1626 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

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

    November 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-1626.

    Circa 1957

    Converted to a JC-130A.

    26 February 1967

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    May 1967

    Converted to an AC-130A.
    Prototype for AC-130A conversions. Equipped with four 20mm and four 7.62mm multi-barrel guns, a searchlight and target sensors.

    June 1967

    Transferred to Eglin AFB, FL.
    Further testing and modification to certify for combat.

    21 September 1967

    Transferred to Detachment 2, 14th Air Commando Wing. Nha Trang Air Base, South Vietnam.

    December 1967

    Transferred to Eglin AFB, FL.
    Returned for further modifications.

    12 February 1968

    Transferred to Detachment 2, 14th Air Commando Wing, Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    1968

    Transferred to 16th Special Operations Squadron, 8th Tactical Fighter Wing.
    Redesignation of Detachment 2, 14th Air Commando WIng.

    March 1972

    Crashed.
    Crashed in Vietnam, repaired.

    1972

    Transferred to 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    Circa January 1973

    Converted to a JC-130A.

    May 1976

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By 1990

    Converted to an AC-130A.
    Converted to AC-130A configuration for display, but all gun ports closed.

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    12 September 2002


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 May 2010


    Photographer: Andrew King

    10 March 2023


    Photographer: Andrew William Breeden
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