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Airframe Details for C-130 #3942

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3942 (63-7872)
LM Aero T/V 3942
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 63-872
C-130E
Current USAF 63-872
C-130E
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 63-872 C-130E
Jun 1963 [act] 63-872 USNavy VR-3 C-130E
Jan 1966 [act] 63-872 USAF 29 MAS C-130E
At McGuire Air Force Base
Aug 1973 [act] 63-872 USAF 463 TAW 'DB' C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-872 USAF 167 AS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-872 USAF 169 AS C-130E
Feb 2006 [act] 63-872 USAF 171 AS C-130E
Jul 2008 [act] 63-872 USAF 61 AS C-130E
Mar 2009 [i/a] 63-872 C-130E
At Eglin AFB.
18 Apr 2019 [scr] 63-872 C-130E
At Eglin AFB.
Jul 2019 [i/a] 63-872 C-130E
At Dobbins AFB (??) for BDR training.


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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