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Airframe Details for C-130 #3099

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3099 (56-0491)
	LM Aero T/V	3099
	Plant	Lockheed Marietta Plant
	Local C/N
	Delivered	USAF 56-491 C-130A
	Current	Civilian J6-SLQ DC-130A
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

May 1957

[act]

56-491

C-130A

Dec 1957

[act]

56-491

USAF 817 TCS

C-130A

Aug 1961

[act]

56-491

USAF 314 TCW

C-130A

Apr 1967

[act]

56-491

C-130A

Operated by the Air Force System Command (AFSC).

05 Feb 1968

[act]

56-491

C-130A

LTV Greenville

Unknown

[con]

158229

DC-130A

Converted to a DC-130A, but the nose cone stayed the same. Four-bladed props were added at some point.

Unknown

[act]

158229

USNavy VC-3 'UF-29'

DC-130A

10 Aug 1979

[sto]

158229

USAF MASDC

DC-130A

2G004

21 Sep 1987

[act]

N9724V

DC-130A

Bob's Airpark

Unknown

[act]

DC-130A

Operated by a company known as Unitrans but has been stated as a cover for CIA operations in 1990.

Unknown

[act]

J6-SLQ

DC-130A

Operated by Questline.

10 Jun 1991

[msh]

J6-SLQ

DC-130A

Crashed due to shifted load on take-off from Luanda, Angola. There are several reports as to why this aircraft crashed. They include that the aircraft clipped a tree during night landing and another states an engine failure.

10 Jun 1991

[w/o]

J6-SLQ

DC-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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