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Airframe Details for C-130 #3990

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Aircraft: 3990 (64-0506)
LM Aero T/V 3990
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 64-506
C-130E
Current USAF 62-843
MC-130E
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 64-506 C-130E
Unknown [act] 64-506 CIA Air America C-130E
Unknown [act] 62-843 C-130E
Reserialed 62-1843 after returning CONUS from Air America deployment and the original serial was written off December 20th,1965.
Unknown [con] 62-843 MC-130E
Converted to MC130E-Y. The E-Y designation in MC-130E-Y is for the avionics/defensive/offensive suites and the regular C-130 nose.
Oct 1995 [act] 62-843 USAF 711 SOS MC-130E
01 May 2013 [sto] 62-843 USAF AMARC MC-130E


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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