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Airframe Details for C-130 #4557

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4557 (73-1592)
LM Aero T/V 4557
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 73-592
C-130H
Current USAF 73-592
EC-130H
Status [pre]
Built with a test wing reinsforced with a boron epoxy composite. Unclear if this ever replaced.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 73-592 C-130H
Unknown [act] 73-592 USAF 314 TAW C-130H
Unknown [con] 73-592 EC-130H
Converted to EC-130H
Apr 1997 [act] 73-592 USAF 41 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
Sep 2018 [pre] 73-592 EC-130H
Pending to be preserved at Fort Meade, Maryland.


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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