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Aircraft History
Date
Status
Local S/N
Airforce/Unit
Version
Name
Info
Unknown
[act]
92-253
AC-130U
Unknown
[act]
92-253
USAF 4 SOS
AC-130U
"8 ball"
22 Oct 1997
[act]
92-253
USAF 4 SOS
AC-130U
"8 ball"
Set a record with another AC-130U and establised the longest sustained C-130 flight with a 36hr non-stop 8,000 mile flight from Hulburt Field to Taegu Air Base, South Korea.
11 Sep 2018
[sto]
92-253
USAF AMARC
AC-130U
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
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