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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130D-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0493 USAF
    Construction Number:3200
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130D-LM sn 57-0493 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    9 October 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0493.

    Converted to a C-130D-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.
    Originally delivered as a C-130A model, it was returned to the Lockheed factory to be modified with the ski system and redesignated C-130D.

    2 April 1959

    To 61st TCS, 314th TCW, Sewart Air Force Base, TN.

    Transferred to 17th TCS, 21st Composite Wing, Elmendorf AFB, AK.


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken from Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

    Circa 1975

    Transferred to 139th TAS, 109th TAG, New York ANG, Stratton ANGB, NY.

    21 June 1979


    Photographer: Peter Russeu-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at the International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire.

    21 June 1979


    Photographer: Peter Russeu-Smith
    Notes: Photographed at the International Air Tattoo at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire.

    22 February 1985

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CF0042.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    March 1988

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    17 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: Equipped with ski landing gear for operation on ice and snow.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    C-130.Net
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Max Sabin
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