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Airframe Details for C-130 #3035

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Aircraft: 3035 (55-0008)
USAF C-130A #55-0008 from 711 SOS is seen at Duke Field sometime during September 1979. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
 LM Aero T/V 3035
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 55-008
C-130A
Current Civilian N120TG
C-130A
Status [act]
DCC between 1967 and 1970 was Gary Shephard.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 55-008 C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-008 USAF 815 TCS C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-008 USAF 35 TAS 'YJ' C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-008 USAF 109 TAS 'MG' C-130A
Nov 1972 [act] 55-008 VPAF 435 TS C-130A
Unknown [i/a] 55-008 C-130A
Returned to the USAF, but unknown if active.
Oct 1976 [act] 55-008 USAF 64 TAS C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-008 USAF 711 SOS C-130A
Unknown [act] 55-008 USAF 758 TAS C-130A
Feb 1987 [act] AT-530 C-130A
Only C-130 to serve in the Peru Navy.
31 Mar 1992 [act] N130SA C-130A
Operated by Snow Aviation. Electrical system was upgrade 1995, Glass cockpit installed in 1996.
Apr 1997 [act] N130SA C-130A
PSCI scientific society C-130A N130SA (c/n 3035) at Las Vegas - McCarran International, Nevada in April 1997. [photo by Alain Durand]
Used by PSCI which is a humanitarian society. Painted in the markings of PSCI, but may have been owned by Snow Aviation Finance Llc. the entire time and aircraft was returned to Snow Aviation.
15 Feb 2013 [act] N120TG C-130A
Modified C-130A (c/n 3035), N120TG belonging to the The Ocean Cleanup prepares for its first aerial expedition to check the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. [Photo by The Ocean Cleanup]

Interior of C-130A N120TG (c/n 3035) 55-0008. The plane used for the Ocean Cleanup's Aerial Expedition is kitted out with a variety of scanning equipment, including LiDAR and multispectral camera technology. [photo by The Ocean Cleanup]
International Air Response. The Ocean Cleanup - Ocean Force One. Based at Stennis International Airport. In October 2021 this aircraft was used for a DARPA experiment involving the X-61 Gremlins Air Vehicles,


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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