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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130A-45-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:57-0472 SVNAF
    Construction Number:3179
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130A-45-LM sn 57-0472 SV...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pope AFB, Fayetteville, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-130A-45-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

    Circa 1957

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 57-0472.

    By July 1972

    Transferred to 195th TAS, 195th TAG, California ANG, Van Nuys Airport, CA.
    Operated with markings: AG

    8 July 1972


    Photographer: Thomas S. Waller

    Circa 1973

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South Vietnam Air Force with s/n 57-0472 and operated with these markings: HC.

    30 April 1975

    Was one of the 5 SVNAF C-130As to escape the country before it was overrun by the North.

    6 March 1976

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CF003.

    17 July 1986

    To Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC.
    Fuselage only.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Tail Code: The Complete History of USAF Tactical Aircraft Tail Code Markings by Patrick Martin
    Internet Sources
     C-130.Net
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Max Sabin
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