Dates

Event

Circa April 1954

Constructed as a C-119G.

23 April 1954

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-3144.

From 1954 to 1971

Served troop carrier assignments in both active and reserve units in Japan, Oregon, Texas, and Rhode Island.

28 January 1971

Transferred to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

18 June 1971

Transferred to HACDA (Hayes Aircraft Corporation, Dothan, Alabama), Napier.
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Transferred to 143rd Special Operations Group, Theodore Francis Green Airport, Warwick, RI.

1973

Converted to a C-119L.

Circa 1975

Transferred to MASDC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

1975

Civil registration N8512N reserved but not taken up.
Dross Metals, Tucson, AZ.

25 June 1980

To Dross Metals Inc, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N37484.

18 March 1981

To Arbor Air, Columbus, NE keeping c/r N37484.

May 1981

To El Marc Air, Columbus, NE keeping c/r N37484.

4 November 1981

Photographer: Guy Visele

16 November 1981

Certificate of airworthiness for NX37484 (C-119L, 11155) issued.

January 1983

To Louis P. Minkoff, Ypsilanti, MI keeping c/r N37484.

April 1983

To Buds Flying Service, Shelby, NE keeping c/r N37484.

January 1984

To Texas Aerial Applicators, Laredo, TX keeping c/r N37484.

According to Hurlburt, the plane operated as an agricultural sprayer for grasshoppers until that became unprofitable. The owners then flew contraband TV sets from Texas to Mexico, selling them out of the plane. On its 6th flight in that occupation it struck a cactus on landing and suffered damage. It was then returned to Laredo, TX to sit in open storage.

1987

To American Air Freight Co, Laredo, TX keeping c/r N37484.

23 September 1987

Ferry flight. Delivered to Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
The airframe was donated to Hurburt Field by an individual.
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September 1987

Pilot failed to file flight plan and had no radios; after radar picked up the aircraft, it was considered a drug smuggler and US Customs and DEA aircraft followed it to Hurlburt.

To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL.

28 June 1988

Placed on display.

Markings Applied: Shadow
Marked as AC-119G.

25 March 1991

To unknown owner with c/r N37484.
Sale reported to a new owner in Tucson, AZ.

Circa 2003

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

Circa 2003

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park.

12 September 2003

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

12 September 2012

Civil registration, N37484, cancelled.

7 September 2015

Photographer: Luis Sanchez

1 January 2016

Certificate of airworthiness for NX37484 (C-119L, 11155) issued.

To Hurlburt Field Memorial Airpark, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
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