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Airframe Details for C-130 #3038

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Aircraft: 3038 (55-0011)
LM Aero T/V 3038
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 55-011
C-130A
Current USAF 55-011
AC-130A
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 55-011 C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 322 AD C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 40 TAS C-130A
Aug 1969 [con] 55-011 AC-130A
Converted into an AC-130A and was the prototype for the Pave Pronto
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 4413 CCTS AC-130A
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 415 SOTS 'AH' AC-130A
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 16 SOS AC-130A " Surprise Package"
Unknown [act] 55-011 USAF 711 SOS AC-130A " Night Stalker"
15 Nov 1994 [sto] 55-011 USAF AMARC AC-130A
AACF0168


Abbreviations and symbols:
[act] Active [i/a] Instructional Airframe [sto] Stored (e.g. at AMARG)
[cld] Cancelled Order [msh] Involved in Mishap [w/o] Write-off
[con] Converted [o/o] On Order
[des] Destroyed (drone) [pre] Preserved (museum, gateguard) T/V LM Aero Type/Version (Construction) number
[emb] Embargoed [scr] Scrapped Photo Available
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Errors and Omissions

Dec 09, 2022 - 08:31 PM
History

0011 was not the prototype for Pave Pronto. That distinction was aircraft 56-0490 better known as the Surprise Package Aircraft. 0011 was produced from the beginning as a Pave Pronto aircraft. Bill Walter, Spectre Historian. Details can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Ghostriders-1968-1975-History-Spectre-Cambodia/dp/1637581556


Dec 09, 2022 - 09:57 PM

C-130A, s/n 55-0011

Manufactured by Lockheed Aircraft, Marietta GA and delivered to the USAF on 2 Jan 1958.

Jan 1958 To 317th Troop Carrier Wing [Medium] (US Air Forces Europe), Evreux Fauville AB France

Sep 1958 To 317th Air Base Group (USAFE), Evreux Fauville AB

May 1964 To 317th Troop Carrier Wing (Tactical Air Command), Lockbourne AFB OH (deployments to Evreux Fauville AB and Howard AFB Panama)

May 1967 To 317th Tactical Airlift Wing (TAC), Lockbourne AFB (deployments to Howard AFB and RAF Mildenhall UK)

Nov 1970 To Ling-Temco-Vought, Greenville TX (to AC-130A)

Mar 1971 To 4410th Special Operations Training Group (TAC), Lockbourne AFB

Jul 1971 To 1st Special Operations Wing (TAC), Hurlburt Field FL

Oct 1971 To 8th Tactical Fighter Wing (Pacific Air Forces), Ubon RTAFB Thailand

Jun 1974 To 388th Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), Korat RTAFB Thailand

Jun 1975 To 919th Special Operations Group (US Air Force Reserves), Duke Field FL

May 1978 To 711th Special Operations Squadron (AFRES), Duke Field

Nov 1994 To Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, Davis-Monthan AFB AZ

(Last assignment located)





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