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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:MC-130E Combat Talon
    Last Military Serial:64-0555 USAF
    Construction Number:4056
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1964

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 64-0555.

    Circa 1966

    Converted to a MC-130E.

    From By November 1968 to After November 1969

    Transferred to 15th SOS, Nha Trang, Vietnam.

    By 1981

    Transferred to 7 SOS, 39 SOW, Rhein Main AB, FRG.

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Demonstrating at Greenham Common, fitted with Fulton recovery gear, note wires going from nose to wingtips to prevent a missed cable getting tangled in the propellers.

    27 June 1981


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: 7th Special Operations Squadron MC-130E Hercules on display at the 1981 International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common, Berkshire.

    27 June 1981

    27 June 1981

    By 1982

    Markings Applied: Triple Nickel
    Noted at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 1982.

    29 May 1982


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: MC-130E Hercules, named Triple Nickel Ethel, of 7th Special Operations Squadron then based at Ramstein, West Germany on display at the 1982 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    29 May 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RAF Mildenhall Air Fete 82

    29 May 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    By 14 July 2004

    To 711 SOS, 919 SOW, AFRC, Duke Field, FL.

    14 July 2004

    Spotted at RAF Fairford RIAT.

    18 July 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RIAT RAF Fairford

    18 July 2004


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Transferred to ID ANG, Boise ANGB, ID.

    Markings Applied: IDAHO
    IDAHO in purple tail band.

    By October 2007

    Assigned to March JRB, CA for storage.

    To Idaho Military Museum, Boise Gowen Field Air Terminal Airport, Boise, ID.
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    5 May 2010

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number CF0xxx.

    5 May 2010

    To AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
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    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    John Feehery
    Robert Nichols
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