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Aircraft: 3979 (64-0495)
USAF C-130E #64-0495 (c/n 3979), a 23rd Wing Hercules with a short lived fin band from Pope AFB visiting NAS Brunswick, Maine during July 1993. [photo by Gary Chambers]
 LM Aero T/V 3979
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 64-495
C-130E
Current USAF 64-495
C-130E
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 64-495 C-130E
Unknown [act] 64-495 USAF 317 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 64-495 USAF 41 TAS C-130E
USAF C-130E #64-0495 (c/n 3979), a 23rd Wing Hercules with a short lived fin band from Pope AFB visiting NAS Brunswick, Maine during July 1993. [photo by Gary Chambers]
01 Jan 1992 [act] 64-495 USAF 41 AS C-130E
Unknown [act] 64-495 USAF 41 AS 'FT' C-130E
USAF C-130E #64-0495 commander bird of the 41st ALS managed a picture perfect performance during the Pope AFB and Ft. Bragg Open House on October 14, 1995. [USAF photo by TSGT. Howard Blair]
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 41 ALS
Unknown [act] 64-495 USAF 41 AS 'FT' C-130E
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 41 AS
Unknown [act] 64-495 USAF 43 AW C-130E
27 Jun 2005 [sto] 64-495 USAF AMARC C-130E
USAF C-130E #64-0495 put into storage on June 27, 2005 and photographed almost a month after on August 29, 2005. [photo by Philip Kovaric]
AACF0221
Oct 2012 [scr] 64-495 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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