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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-300 / C-141 Starlifter
    Latest Model:C-141B Starlifter
    Last Military Serial:64-0626 USAF
    Construction Number:300-6039
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-141B sn 64-0626 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-141A-15-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA.

    Circa August 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0626.

    30 August 1965

    To 1501st Air Transport Wing, MATS, Travis AFB, CA.

    10 January 1966

    Transferred to 60th Military Airlift Wing, MATS, Travis AFB, CA.

    2 June 1966

    Transferred to 436th Military Airlift Wing, MATS, Dover AFB, DE.

    19 August 1973

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

    After December 1979

    Converted to a C-141B.

    21 April 1989

    Transferred to 437th Military Airlift Wing, MAC, Charleston AFB, SC.

    26 April 1989

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

    By 1995

    Transferred to 305th Air Mobility Wing, MAC, McGuire AFB, NJ.

    February 1996

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired when a crack was found in the structure. Was the last C-141 stationed at Dover AFB.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE.

    October 1996

    Placed on display with Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: This extended B-model Lockheed Starlifter is preserved at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, DE.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2016 by Andy Marden
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    Air Mobility Command Museum
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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