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Airframe Details for C-130 #4455

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Aircraft: 4455 (71-1797)
BAF C-130H #CH-01 from the TTF is coming in for landing at Florennes AB on May 20th, 2010. [Photo by Wim Houquet]
 LM Aero T/V 4455
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered BAF CH-01
C-130H
Current PAF 4455
C-130H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
25 Jul 1972 [act] CH-01 C-130H
BAF CH-01 (c/n 4455) arrived at Melsbroek Air Base on 25 July 1972 after a 12.5-hour ferry flight from Dobbins AFB, via Gander in Canada and Shannon in Ireland. On board was a crew of eight: pilots Charles Vingerhoets and Jean Van den Bossche, navigators Roger Roose and Freddy Huggenberger, system operators A. Devisscher and M. Géruzet, and loadmasters J. Delsaux and A. Verhelst. [Photo by Belgian Air Force]

BAF CH-01 (c/n 4455) arrived at Melsbroek Air Base on 25 July 1972 after a 12.5-hour ferry flight from Dobbins AFB, via Gander in Canada and Shannon in Ireland. [Photo by Belgian Air Force]
28 Jul 1972 [act] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
BAF C-130H #CH-01 from the 20th sqn is parked on the tarmac at Melsbroek AB on July 28th, 1972 right after being delivered to the Belgian Air Force. [Photo by Frank Klaassen]

First BAF C-130 (serial number CH-01) over northern Alabama circa 1972 during a test flight prior to delivery from the then-Lockheed-Georgia Company facility in Marietta, Georgia. [Lockheed photo]
Unknown [act] CH-01 C-130H " The Nairobi Belle"
Very rare temporary nose art on Belgian Air Force C-130H #CH01 'Nairobi Belle' after return from Kenya, [Photo by D.Lamarque ©]
Jun 1995 [act] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Special markings for cockpit upgrade promotional work at the Paris Airshow.
Unknown [act] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
04 Feb 2006 [msh] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
Struck by lightning during a trip from Kinshasa to Kikwit, Congo. Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht was on board at the time.
Mar 2006 [act] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
Mar 2021 [act] CH-01 BAF 20 sqn C-130H
BAF C-130H #CH-01 is seen here on final for RWY25L at Brussels Airport, with 50 years of C-130s in the BAF tail markings on June 14, 2021. [Photo by Walter Van Bel]
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
17 Dec 2021 [sto] CH-01 C-130H
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
At Beauvechain AB.
Jul 2022 [act] 4455 C-130H
27 Nov 2024 [act] 4455 C-130H
Departs to Pakistan


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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Aug 12, 2023 - 02:40 PM
Last mission of BAF Herk

16 Dec 2021 18:00 Hrs local time. Arrival at 15th Wing after the officially last BAF C-130 mission, Tropical storm 2021 Libreville Gabon.





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