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Aircraft: 3567 (59-5925)
US Navy VXE-6 aircraft LC-130F 148321 during take-off from Antarctic ice, possible date is December 16, 1994. This C-130 was retired to AMARC on March 29, 1999. [photo by VXE-6 PAO courtesy of <a href="http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/" target="new">VXE-6 website</a>]
 LM Aero T/V 3567
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USNavy 148321
UV-1L
Current USNavy 148321
LC-130F
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 148321 UV-1L
Feb 1961 [act] 148321 USNavy VX-6 'JD' LC-130F " The Emperor"
3/4 front view of USN LC-130F #148321 'The Emperor' on the ice at Williams Field, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica. Photo dated February 1961. [Image from the Laurence Walter Tarr personal collection]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Unknown [act] 148321 USNavy VX-6 'JD' LC-130F
USN LC-130F 148321 from VXE-6 at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, in 1968. [photo by Nick Williams]
04 Dec 1971 [msh] 148321 USNavy VX-6 LC-130F
USN LC-130F 148321 seen covered with snow. After unloading a French traverse team on December 4 1971, the pilot made a JATO take-off to return to McMurdo 750 nautical miles away. At an altitude of about 50 feet, two JATO bottles separated from the left-hand side of the fuselage and struck the inboard engine and propeller. With the gearbox and propeller torn off and the outboard propeller damaged by flying debris, the aircraft was seriously damaged on impact. The ten man crew were uninjured but had to live in survival shelters for 80 hours until the weather improve enough to allow a rescue plane to land. Recovered after being buried by snow for 17 years in Antarctica. [photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/" target="new">VXE-6 website</a> from "United States Aircraft Losses in Antarctica"]

USN LC-130F 148321 seen here almost completely covered in snow/ice with just the tip of the tail showing. After unloading a French traverse team on December 4 1971, the pilot made a JATO take-off to return to McMurdo 750 nautical miles away. At an altitude of about 50 feet, two JATO bottles separated from the left-hand side of the fuselage and struck the inboard engine and propeller. With the gearbox and propeller torn off and the outboard propeller damaged by flying debris, the aircraft was seriously damaged on impact. The ten man crew were uninjured but had to live in survival shelters for 80 hours until the weather improve enough to allow a rescue plane to land. Recovered after being buried by snow for 17 years in Antarctica. [photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/" target="new">VXE-6 website</a> from "United States Aircraft Losses in Antarctica"]
Repaired after 17 years buried in snow.
Force landed at Care Four, Antarctica after two JATO bottle came off and struck the aircraft. The ten man crew were uninjured but had to live in survival shelters for 80 hours until the weather improve enough to allow a rescue. It had been buried in the snow for 17 years before repairs began.
Unknown [act] 148321 USNavy VX-6 LC-130F
Unknown [i/a] 148321 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-03' LC-130F
USN LC-130F #148321 which crashed before on December 4 1971 but again had a minor mishap here that was easily repaired. [photo courtesy of www.vaq34.com]

USN LC-130F #148321 which crashed before on December 4 1971 but again had a minor mishap here that was easily repaired. Date of the second mishap is not known. [photo courtesy of www.vaq34.com]
Suffered a second mishap, but the date is not known. Was easily repaired and likely happened in the early 90s.
Unknown [act] 148321 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-03' LC-130F
LC-130F #148321 of VXE-6 'Puckered Penguins' based at Point Mugu, California and photographed in 1996 at London, Ontario on a foggy day. [photo by Jon Somerville]
29 Mar 1999 [sto] 148321 USAF AMARC 'XD-03' LC-130F
USN LC-130F 148321 which was last operated by VXE-6 is now parked at AMARC, but was retired back on March 29, 1999. [photo by Philip Kovaric]

LC-130F 148321 recovered from the ice, but went here to be stored at AMARC on March 29, 1999. Seen here it has received a white layer of latex. [photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.vaq34.com/vxe6/" target="new">VXE-6 website</a>]
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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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