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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-1329 / C-140 Jetstar
    Latest Model:C-140A-LM Jetstar
    Last Military Serial:59-5959 USAF
    Construction Number:1329-5026
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-140A-LM sn 59-5959 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Scott Field Heritage Airpark, Scott AFB - 375th Airlift Wing, Shiloh, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a C-140A-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA.

    1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-5959.

    From 1967 to Circa 1974

    Transferred to 1867th Flight Checking Squadron, Clark Air Base, Philippines.

    1968

    Aircraft was used for combat flight inspection and navigation. It was hit by ground fire on two occasions in Viet Nam in 1968 damaging the left auxiliary fuel tank, the left elevator cover area and the left horizontal stabilizer.

    By 1975

    Transferred to 1868th Flight Checking Squadron, Rhein-Main AB, Germany.

    Transferred to Richards Gebaur AFB, Kansas City, MO.

    From 1978 to 1987

    Transferred to 1866th Facility Checking Squadron, Scott AFB, IL.

    25 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Dayton, OH, International Air Show and Trade Exposition.

    25 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    From 1987 to August 1990

    Transferred to 1467th Facility Checking Squadron, 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing, Scott AFB, IL.

    By August 1996

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    By August 1996

    Loaned to 375 OSS/OSAA, Scott AFB, IL.

    Placed on display with Scott Field Heritage Airpark, Scott AFB-375th Airlift Wing, Shiloh, IL.
    Last C-140A to be retired.
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    September 2019


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: Lockheed C-140A 59-5959 at Scott AFB MidAmerica St. Louis Airport (KBLV)
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