Dates

Event

Constructed as an AC-1-DH by deHavilland Canada at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
All notations are from the C-7A Caribou Association

June 1961

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 60-5430.

June 1961

Transferred to 1st Aviation Company, Fort Benning, GA.

21 June 1962

Operation Big Moose Flight 4 (3 aircraft - 2 Caribous and 1 L-23 (61-3638) Departed Fort Benning, GA - Arrived McGuire AFB, NJ. (Flight Time - 5:30).

22 June 1962

Departed McGuire AFB, NJ - refuel stop Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine - Arrived Goose AFB, Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada (Flight time - 6:50).

24 June 1962

Departed Goose AFB, Goose Bay, Labrador, Canada -Arrived Frobisher AFB, Canada (Flight time 5:15).

25 June 1962

Departed Frobisher AFB, Canada - refuel stopSondrestrom AFB, Greenland - Arrived Keflavik,Iceland (Fligh time - 7:45).

26 June 1962

Departed Keflavik, Iceland - refuel stop Prestwick,Scotland - Arrived Coleman Barracks AAF, Mannheim, Germany (Flight time - 8:45).

30 June 1962

Departed Coleman Barracks AAF, Mannheim, Germany - refuel stop Capodichino Air Base, Naples, Italy - Arrived Athens, Greece (Flight time - 7:58) Note - Caribou 61-2389 joined due to an engine change in Athens.

2 July 1962

Departed Athens, Greece - refuel stop Adana AFB,Turkey - Arrived Teheran, Iran (Flight time - 9:10).

6 July 1962

Departed Teheran, Iran - Arrived Karachi, Pakistan(Flight time - 6:00).

7 July 1962

Depart Karachi, Pakastan - Arrived New Delhi, India(Flight time - 5:02).

9 July 1962

Departed New Delhi, India - Arrived Calcutta, India(Flight time - 5:00).

10 July 1962

Departed Calcutta, India - arrived Korat, Thailand(Flight time - 10:48).

From August 1962 to August 1963

Operating in support of the 34th GeneralSupport Group, Vietnam.

18 September 1962

Redesignated as CV-2A.

December 1963

Transferred to 61th Aviation Company, Vung Tau, South Vietnam.

1964

Crashed.
Crashed at Phan Thet, Vietnam.

1964

Repaired.

From 1965 to 1967

Leased to Air America.
Markings changed to: 430
Operatedin Laos.

1 January 1967

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-5430.
Transferred to USAF under operation RED LEAF.

1 January 1967

Redesignated as C-7A.

From 1 January 1967 to June 1974

Leased to Air America.
Markings changed to: 430
Transferred to USAF under operation RED LEAF.Leased under contract to Air America from the AirForce Logistic Command, Wright-Patterson AFB,Ohio.

22 August 1967

Damaged.
Taxi accident Vientiane - repaired.

31 August 1967

Damaged.
Damaged landing at Na Khang (LS-36) - repaired.

19 May 1969

Damaged.
Damaged landing at Long Tieng (LS-20A) - repaired.

10 December 1971

Damaged.
Damaged from ground fire - repaired.

24 March 1972

Damaged.
Damaged from ground fire - repaired.

10 March 1973

Damaged.
Damaged from ground fire - repaired.

June 1974

Returned from loan to United States Air Force.
Stored at Udorn, Thailand. Aircraft had logged over 15,000 hours.

From March 1975 to April 1977

Transferred to 150th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 170th Tactical Airlift Group, New Jersey ANG, McGuire AFB, NJ.
Operated with markings: NJ
NJ ANG Claimed this aircraft and 2 others and flew them back to McGuire AFB.

20 April 1975

Call sign for the flight was Turkey. Departed Bangkok, Thailand to Clark AFB, Philippines. Because of the political situation in Cambodia and Vietnam they had to fly far off shore of Cambodia and well to the south of Vietnam to avoid a possible incident or violation. First leg would take 12.8 hours.

Leg 2 - Clark, AFB to Andersen AFB,GuamLeg 3 - Andersen AFB to Kawajalein Atoll, MarshallIslands.Leg 4 - Kawajalein to Midway IslandLeg 5 - Midway Island to Adek Isalnd, AlaskaLeg 6 - Adek Island to Elmendork AFB, Anchorage,AlaskaLeg 7 - Elmendork AFB to McChord AFB, WashingtonLeg 8 - McChord AFB to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.

15 May 1975

Leg 9 - Wright-patterson AFB to McGuire AFB, NJTotal flight hours 98.5 hours and 24,780 miles.

From April 1977 to October 1980

Transferred to 135th TAS, 135th TAG, Maryland ANG, Warfield ANGB, Middle River, MD.

October 1980

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 60-5430.

October 1980

Transferred to Missouri Army National Guard.

From October 1981 to September 1991

Transferred to Assigned to Missouri ARNG Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot (Avcrad), Springfield, MO.
Operated with markings: MO, AVCRAD

Circa 1984

Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Whiteman AFB, Knob Noster, MO.

4 December 1992

To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL with new c/r N6154Z.
Flown to Cape May, NJ.

24 February 2001

Assigned to Lakehurst, NJ for storage.

20 February 2004

Civil registration, N6154Z, cancelled.
Reason for cancellation - destroyed.