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Airframe Details for C-130 #3053

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3053 (55-0026)
LM Aero T/V 3053
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 55-026
C-130A
Current USAF 55-026
C-130A
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 55-026 C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-026 USAF 40 TCS C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-026 USAF 41 TCS C-130A
Nov 1969 [msh] 55-026 USAF 41 TCS C-130A
Was mortar shelled, but repaired. The call had come in to Det 1, 834th AD that an aircraft had been mortared. She took some mortar hits after landing that destroyed the left main landing gear tires and left nose tire. Flak also destroyed the number 2 engine and the hydraulics for the elevators and cargo ramp. There were shrapnel hits all over the left side of the aft fuselage and tail. Most of the flight crew had departed on another aircraft prior to our arrival but the aircraft commander remained. The Army discussed destroying the aircraft, since it had been "quiet" at their camp for a while and this C-130 was now a "mortar magnet", but the A/C wouldn't hear of it. The damaged tires and wheels were replaced, the torn up outer gear door removed, some tubing and hoses from the cargo ramp hydraulics scavenged to get the elevators working again, closing the ramp with a forklift and stripped out all the extra weight from the cargo compartment to lighten her up. The aircraft took off on 3 engines.
Unknown [act] 55-026 USAF 109 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-026 USAF 105 TAS C-130A
16 Apr 1990 [sto] 55-026 USAF AMARC C-130A
CF086
06 Jun 1994 [sto] 55-026 USAF AMARC C-130A
Registered for one day with the US Army as ZF0008?
07 Jun 1994 [sto] 55-026 USAF AMARC C-130A
CF0152
Mar 2002 [sto] 55-026 C-130A
Naional Aircraft
Oct 2002 [scr] 55-026 C-130A


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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