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Airframe Details for C-130 #4187

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Aircraft: 4187 (66-0225)
USAF MC-130P #66-0225 from 17 SOS is seen coming into land a Kadena AB on October 16, 2014. [Photo by Haruki Luke Nakamine]
 LM Aero T/V 4187
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 66-225
HC-130P
Current USAF 66-225
MC-130P
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jan 1967 [act] 66-225 HC-130P
Apr 1967 [act] 66-225 USAF 79 ARRS HC-130P
Unknown [act] 66-225 USAF 67 ARRS HC-130P
Sep 1977 [act] 66-225 USAF 6593 TS HC-130P
Jul 1986 [act] 66-225 USAF 1551 FTS HC-130P " Mamba"
Unknown [act] 66-225 USAF 9 SOS HC-130P
Large tracker radome removed in early 1990s before coming to the 9th SOS.
Unknown [con] 66-225 MC-130P
Modified to an MC-130P
Feb 1996 [act] 66-225 USAF 9 SOS MC-130P
Aug 2012 [act] 66-225 USAF 17 SOS MC-130P
15 Apr 2015 [act] 66-225 USAF 17 SOS MC-130P
The MC-130P Combat Shadow team responsible for plane #66-0225 performs the final checks before take off on Kadena Air Base, Japan, April 15, 2015. The 17th SOS sent off the final two MC-130P Combat Shadows in the Pacific Air Forces to retire to the aircraft boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB. [USAF photo by A1C Stephen G. Eigel]

The MC-130P Combat Shadow team responsible for getting plane #66-0225 to its final resting place at Davis-Monthan AFB. poses for a group photo at Kadena AB on April 15, 2015. [USAF photo by A1C Stephen G. Eigel]
Departs Kadena AFB to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB.
20 Apr 2015 [sto] 66-225 USAF AMARC MC-130P


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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