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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130H Hercules
    Last Military Serial:1212 UAEAF
    Construction Number:4985
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130H sn 1212 UAEAF cn 49...
    Latest Owner or Location:United Arab Emirates Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-130H.

    1983

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United Arab Emirates Air Force with s/n 1212.

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130H Hercules, callsign Uniforce 1212, of the United Emirates Air Force on display at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Anniversary Airshow.

    9 June 1990


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130H Hercules, callsign Uniforce 1212, of Western Air Command United Arab Emirates Air Force on display at the 1990 Boscombe Down Battle of Britain 50th Amnniversary Airshow.

    5 August 2008

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. This was a military flight. The accident occurred at Kabul Airport (KBL) (Afghanistan) while landing. Narrative: The UAE military transport plane delivering humanitarian aid to Afghanistan skidded off a runway while trying to land in bad weather. A fire erupted in the forward fuselage.
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.
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