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Airframe Details for C-130 #3909

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3909 (63-7839)
USAF C-130E #63-7839 is serviced in October 1984 while parked on the ramp at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. [USAF photo]
 LM Aero T/V 3909
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 63-839
C-130E
Current USAF 63-839
C-130E
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 63-839 C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-839 USAF 464 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-839 USAF 516 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-839 USAF 316 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-839 USAF 314 TAW C-130E
USAF C-130E #63-7839 lands at the Remagen Drop Zone, approximately 40 miles from Travis Field, during the 314th TAWs operational readiness exercise Purple Penny on September 26, 1983. [USAF photo by SSGT Edward D. Allen]
Unknown [act] 63-839 USAF 61 AS C-130E
USAF C-130E #63-7839 of the 61st Airlift Squadron. [unknown photographer]
28 Nov 2006 [sto] 63-839 USAF AMARC C-130E
C-130E #63-7839 retired to AMARC on November 28, 2006 by the 61st AS. [photo by Philip Kovaric]

C-130E #63-7839, ex 61st AS aircraft, photographed on January 26, 2007 at AMARC. [photo by Philip Kovaric]
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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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