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Airframe Details for C-130 #4310

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4310
	LM Aero T/V	4310
	Plant	Lockheed Marietta Plant
	Local C/N
	Delivered	FAA TC-63 C-130E
	Current	FAA TC-63 C-130E
	Status	[w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

Dec 1968

[act]

TC-63

C-130E

Unknown

[act]

TC-63

FAA Esc 1

C-130E

Unknown

[con]

TC-63

C-130E

Upgraded to C-130H standards

Unknown

[act]

TC-63

FAA Esc 1

C-130E

01 Jun 1982

[msh]

TC-63

FAA Esc 1

C-130E

Shot down 93 kilometers north of Pebble Island with an AIM-9L Sidewinder and 30mm gun fire from Royal Navy Sea Harrier XZ451. Pilot of the Sea Harrier was Lt. N Ward based on HMS Invincible during the Falklands war. Ultimately it was the 30mm guns that did the damage when it severed one of the wing of the C-130 killing all seven on board. Earlier in the war, on May 29, 1982 a Hercules had dropped a bomb on the British tanker "British Wye." That bomb didn't detonate, but fear of the bombs dropped from an Argentina Hercules was enough to cause this aircraft to become a target.

01 Jun 1982

[w/o]

TC-63

FAA Esc 1

C-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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