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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130E-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:63-7856 USAF
    Construction Number:3926
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130E-LM sn 63-7856 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cannon Air Force Base Air Park, Cannon AFB (north side), Clovis, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-7856.

    By 1974

    Transferred to 772nd TAS, 463rd TAW, Dyess AFB, TX.
    Operated with markings: DB

    Circa 1976

    Transferred to 144th TAS, 176th TAG, Alaska ANG, Kulis ANGB, AK.
    Operated with markings: ALASKA AIR GUARD

    Circa 1978


    Photographer: Unknown

    By 1986

    Transferred to 357th TAS, 908th TAG, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    1986

    Transferred to 328th TAS, 914th TAG, Niagara Falls, NY.

    Transferred to 61st AS, Little Rock AFB, AR.

    Loaned to 43rd Airlift Wing, Pope AFB, NC.

    Returned from loan to 61st AS, Little Rock AFB, AR.

    By 1997

    Transferred to 815th AS, 403rd AW, AFRES, Keesler AFB, MS.
    Operated with markings: KT

    19 July 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130E Hercules, callsign Hobby 70, of 815th Airlift Squadron/403rd Airlift Wing on display at the 1997 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    13 September 1997


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130E Hercules, callsign Hobby 13, of the 815th Airlift Squadron/403rd Airlift Wing on display at the 1997 RAF Leuchars Airshow.

    December 2010

    To Cannon Air Force Base Air Park, Cannon AFB (north side), Clovis, NM.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    C-130.Net
    Individual Contributors
     Peter Nicholson
    Max Sabin
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