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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:KC-130F Hercules
    Last Military Serial:149811 USMC
    Construction Number:3711
    Compressed ID:Lockheed KC-130F sn 149811 USMC cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NCC China Lake (North), Ridgecrest, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1962

    Constructed as a GV-1.

    August 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 149811.

    August 1962

    Transferred to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 (VMGR-352), MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.
    Operated with markings: QB

    September 1962

    Redesignated as KC-130F.

    By 1965

    Transferred to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.
    Operated with markings: QD-811

    January 1965

    Base of operations changed.
    Vietnam.

    Circa 1966

    Base of operations changed.
    Okinawa, Japan. Continued providing support for the Viet Nam War.

    By 1978

    Transferred to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234 (VMGR-234), Glenview NAS, IL.
    Operated with markings: QH-811

    July 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Glenview Naval Air Station, IL

    By September 1988

    Transferred to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Training Squadron 253 (VMGRT-253), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: GR-811

    After 1996

    Transferred to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Training Squadron 252 (VMGR-252), MCAS Cherry Point, NC.
    Operated with markings: BH

    November 2004

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    Withdrawn from use.
    Used for live fire tests at China Lake NAS.

    To United States Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, NCC China Lake (North), Ridgecrest, CA.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Serials of North America by S. Mitchell and A Eastwood
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    C-130.Net
    China Lake Alumni
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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