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Airframe Details for C-130 #3899

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Aircraft: 3899 (63-7831)
USAF C-130E #63-7831 from 314 AW arriving at Nellis AFB for ME 09-2 on November 30, 2009. [Photo by Bruce Smith]
 LM Aero T/V 3899
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 63-831
C-130E
Current USAF 63-831
C-130E
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 63-831 C-130E
Jan 1964 [act] 63-831 USNavy VR-3 C-130E
Jul 1967 [act] 63-831 USAF 438 MAW C-130E
Military Airlift Command C-130E 63-7831, 438th MAW, is shown taxiing at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii, in May 1968. [photo by Nick Williams]
Unknown [act] 63-831 USAF 516 TAW C-130E
USAF C-130E #63-7831 from 347 TAS is seen at Liverpool Airport during 1970. [Photo by R.A.Scholefield]
Unknown [act] 63-831 USAF 463 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-831 USAF 32 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-831 USAF 17 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-831 USAF 171 AS C-130E
USAF ANG C-130H #63-7831 (c/n 3899) of the 171st AS at Kuwait's Ali Al Salem AFB on July 25, 2004. [photo by Gary Chambers]
Feb 2006 [act] 63-831 USAF 314 AW C-130E
15 Feb 2012 [sto] 63-831 USAF AMARC 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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