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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:AC-130A Spectre
    Last Military Serial:54-1627 USAF
    Construction Number:3014
    Compressed ID:Lockheed AC-130A sn 54-1627 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

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

    January 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 54-1627.

    Converted to a JC-130A.

    By November 1962

    Transferred to Air Force System Command (AFSC), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    By August 1964

    Transferred to 6594th Test Group, Hickam AFB, HI.

    November 1967

    Converted to a C-130A-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    By July 1969

    Converted to an AC-130A.

    By July 1969

    Transferred to 16th SOS, 8th TFW, Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
    Operated with markings: Gomer Grinder, FT

    By 1971

    Transferred to 415th Special Operations Training Squadron, 1st Special Operation Wing, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    November 1974


    Photographer: Ken Buchanan Collection

    By November 1975

    Transferred to 711th SOS, 919 SOG, Duke Field (Eglin Air Force Auxiliary Field No. 3), FL.

    1 June 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CF015.
    Was one of the first C-130s retired to MASDC / AMARC.

    11 October 1980


    Photographer: Lewis Grant
    Notes: 54-1627 Lockheed AC-130A Hercules USAF/AFRES. Another of the earliest Herc retirements to MASDC, park code CF015

    To AMARG, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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