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Airframe Details for C-130 #3083

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3083 (56-0475)
LM Aero T/V 3083
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 56-475
C-130A
Current USAF 56-475
C-130A
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 56-475 C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-475 USAF 817 TCS C-130A
01 Jul 1965 [msh] 56-475 USAF 817 TCS C-130A
Heavily damaged in a commando (aka sapper) attack by sachel charges which were probably placed on an aircraft parked next to this aircraft as this aircraft was repaired. Happend while at DaNang AB, South Vietnam. Other aircraft involved were C-130A 55-0039 and 55-0042 which were both destroyed. Three F-102As were also destroyed (55-3371, 56-1161 and 56-1182) of the 509th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
Unknown [act] 56-475 USAF 817 TCS C-130A
Sep 1967 [act] 56-475 USAF 35 TAS 'YJ' C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-475 USAF 303 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-475 USAF 95 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 56-475 USAF 64 TAS C-130A
Oct 1999 [i/a] 56-475 C-130A
In Greenville as BDRT.


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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