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Airframe Details for C-130 #5445

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Aircraft: 5445
LM Aero T/V 5445
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered RAF ZH870
C-130J
Current RAF ZH870
C-130J
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] ZH870 C-130J
Coded N73235
Apr 2000 [act] ZH870 C-130J
23 Apr 2013 [msh] ZH870 C-130J
Hail caused heavy surface damage to this and four other RAF C-130s on this day at Kandahar, Afghanistan. The golf ball sized hail also killed three Afghan residence in the area. Aircraft were flown back to Marshall ADC for repairs.
Nov 2013 [act] ZH870 C-130J
28 Jun 2023 [sto] ZH870 C-130J
Flown to Cambridge Airport for storage till sold.


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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