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Airframe Details for C-130 #3850

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3850 (63-7783)
LM Aero T/V 3850
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 63-783
C-130E
Current USAF 63-783
EC-130E
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Oct 1963 [act] 63-783 C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 316 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 36 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 37 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 36 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 193 SOS C-130E
Mar 1979 [con] 63-783 EC-130E
Converted to EC-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 193 SOS 'PA' EC-130E
Unknown [act] 63-783 USAF 193 SOS EC-130E
Apr 2001 [sto] 63-783 USAF 193 SOS EC-130E
Withdrawn from Use at LM Aero, Palmdale, CA.
Unknown [scr] 63-783 EC-130E
Scrapped at Palmdale, California. b/up by 2002 (tail used for EC-130J antenna testing)


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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