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Airframe Details for C-130 #3203
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Aircraft:
3203
(57-0496)
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LM Aero T/V | 3203 | |
Plant | Lockheed Marietta Plant | |
Local C/N | ||
Delivered |
USAF
57-496
C-130A |
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Current |
USNavy
570496
DC-130A |
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Status | [sto] | |
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Aircraft History
Date | Status | Local S/N | Airforce/Unit | Version | Name | Info | ||
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Aug 1958 | [act] | 57-496 | C-130A | |||||
Unknown | [con] | 57-496 | DC-130A | |||||
Mar 1963 | [act] | 57-496 | USAF 3225 DS | DC-130A | ||||
Aug 1968 | [act] | 57-496 | USAF 4472 CCTS | DC-130A | ||||
Unknown | [act] | 57-496 | USAF 11 TDS 'DF' | DC-130A | ||||
Unknown | [act] | 57-496 | USAF 11 TDS 'DM' | DC-130A | ||||
09 Jan 1979 | [sto] | 57-496 | USAF MASDC | DC-130A | ||||
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14 Mar 1979 | [act] | 570496 | USNavy VC-3 'UF-496' | DC-130A | ||||
Unknown | [act] | 570496 | DC-130A | |||||
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Mar 1990 | [act] | 570496 | DC-130A | |||||
Oct 2005 | [sto] | 570496 | DC-130A | |||||
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27 Jun 2007 | [sto] | 570496 | USAF AMARC | DC-130A | ||||
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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
Final disposition: China Lake?
I do not believe this aircraft ended up at AMARC. One of the DC130s was used for a live weapons test in 2003 (I know this, my father was the project engineer for the shoot.) Based on available information, I have narrowed it down to frame -461 or -469 (this one.) Web sources show -461 as being intact and still in its drone paint scheme, and more than one source say that -496 was given to Weapons Survivability Lab, China Lake, who performed the test. I highly believe this is correct, and the aircraft would not have been in any condition to move to AMARC since then.
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