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Airframe Details for C-130 #4530

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4530 (73-1600)
LM Aero T/V 4530
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered IDFAF 4X-FBO/203
C-130H
Current IDFAF 4X-FBO/203
C-130H
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
May 1974 [act] 4X-FBO/203 C-130H
Unknown [act] 4X-FBO/203 IDFAF Canaf 28 C-130H
25 Nov 1975 [msh] 4X-FBO/203 IDFAF Canaf 28 C-130H
Crashed into Jebel Halal mountain southeast of El Arish, Israel.
25 Nov 1975 [w/o] 4X-FBO/203 IDFAF Canaf 28 C-130H


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

Nov 08, 2023 - 06:24 PM
Israeli C-130 4X-FBO/203

Hi, the C-130 database quotes this airframe (msn 4530) as being written off 25 Nov 1975 following a crash in Israel. However the photograph used to illustrate this aircraft was taken at RAF Fairford in July 1999. My research indicates that serial 309 is C-130E msn 3943.

Grateful for any thoughts on this one.

Thank you, Tom Gibbons





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