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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:GC-130D Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0486 USAF
    Construction Number:3193
    Compressed ID:Lockheed GC-130D sn 57-0486 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0486.

    1958

    To NASA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA.

    Converted to a C-130D-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    23 April 1959

    Transferred to 61st TCS, 314th TCW, Sewart AFB, TN.

    From January 1960 to February 1960

    Deployed to Antarctica during Operation ICE FLOW. Landed at South Pole, Byrd and McMurdo stations. Was nicknamed GREAT DANE.

    After December 1965

    Transferred to 17th TCS, 21st Composite Wing, Elmendorf AFB, AK.
    Flew missions supporting the Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line radar sites.

    By 1974

    Transferred to 17th TAS, 21st Composite Wing, Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    1974


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    By October 1979

    Transferred to 139th TAS, 109th TAG, New York ANG, Schenectady MAP, NY.
    Operated with markings: NEW YORK AIR GUARD

    By October 1988

    To Technical Training Center, Sheppard AFB, Wichita Falls, TX.
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    By October 1988

    Redesignated as GC-130D.
    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.Net
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Max Sabin
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