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Aircraft: 4359 (69-6582)
USAF C-130E 69-6582 at NUE/EDDN on June 9th, 1983 sporting a desert colour scheme. Likely assigned to the 37th TAS at the time. [photo by Gerhard Plomitzer]
 LM Aero T/V 4359
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 69-582
C-130E
Current USAF 69-582
C-130E
Status [scr]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 69-582 C-130E
Unknown [act] 69-582 USAF 61 TAS C-130E
USAF C-130E #69-6582 from 61st TAS, was seen at RAF Lakenheath. Date unknown. [Photographer unknown]
Unknown [act] 69-582 USAF 314 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 69-582 USAF 317 TAW C-130E
USAF C-130E #69-6582 of the 317TAW. [unknown photographer]
Unknown [act] 69-582 USAF 37 TAS C-130E
Unknown [act] 69-582 USAF 37 TAS C-130E " Donatello - Desert Ninja"
Donatello, Desert Ninja, adorns the nose of C-130E #69-6582 from the 435th TAW, Rhein-Main AB, Germany during Operation Desert Shield. Photo was taken sometime in April of 1992. [USAF photo by Master SGT. Jose Lopez]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
Cartoon turtle of a Ninja Turtle a popular kids cartoon of the time for the war in Iraq.
01 Apr 1992 [act] 69-582 USAF 37 AS C-130E
USAF C-130E #69-6582 taxis to the runway for take off on May 19, 1995. The aircraft will airlift US Army soldiers and cargo to the training area near L'viv, Ukraine, for humanitarian and peacekeeping exercises with the Ukrainian Army. [USAF photo by A1C Lee E. Rogers]
Apr 1995 [act] 69-582 USAF 37 AS 'RS' C-130E
Members of the 37th AS at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, use a 10K-AT forklift to load a pallet of medical supplies aboard C-130E #69-6582 on September 21, 2001. The supplies are going to Pleven, Bulgaria in support of the humanitarian assistance program Excess Property. [USAF photo by A1C Heather Zokal]
11 Feb 2003 [sto] 69-582 USAF AMARC 'RS' C-130E
AACF0200
Oct 2012 [scr] 69-582 C-130E
scrapped by HVF West.


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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