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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130E-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:63-7778 USAF
    Construction Number:3844
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130E-LM sn 63-7778 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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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 63-7778.

    Circa 1963

    To 516th TCW, Dyess Air Force Base, TX.

    Circa 1968

    Transferred to 348th TAS, Dyess Air Force Base, TX.

    By 1972

    Transferred to 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron, 463rd Tactical Airlift Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX.

    From Circa 1972 to Circa 1974

    Markings Applied: DB
    DB was the tailcode for the 463rd TAW from 1972 to 1974.

    March 1973


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    28 June 1975


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130E Hercules of 773rd Tactical Airlift Squadron/463rd Tactical Airlift Wing at Dyess AFB supported the YF-16 demonstration at the 1975 RAF Alconbury Airshow.

    July 1994

    Transferred to 62nd ALS, 314th AW, Pope AFB, NC.
    Operated with markings: LK 314th AW/62nd ALS

    28 July 1994


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: On finals to Fairford.

    30 July 1994


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-130E Hercules, callsign Horse 57, of 314th Airlift Wing at Pope AFB, North Carolina on display at the 1994 International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

    Transferred to 53rd AS, 63D Operations Group, Little Rock AFB, AR.
    Operated with markings: AETC, TASK FORCE ROCK

    17 March 2003

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number AACF0206.
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