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Airframe Details for C-130 #4712

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4712 (75-0555)
USMC KC-130R 160019 which was retired to AMARC, Arizona on October 27, 2005. [photo by Philip Kovaric]
 LM Aero T/V 4712
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USMC 160240
KC-130R
Current USMC 160240
KC-130R
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jan 1977 [act] 160240 KC-130R
Unknown [act] 160240 USMC VMGR-352 'QB' KC-130R
USMC KC-130 #160240 on the ground at Belet Huen, Somalia on January 14, 1993, a field secured by Canadian Forces. The aircraft is from VMGR-352 at MCAS El Roro California. An aircraft crew member stands in front of the plane. A US Marine AH-1 "Cobra" attack helicopter flies left to right overhead. The mission of the KC-130s is to refuel the AH-1s keeping them in the air and allowing them to escorting a food convoy. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope. [USAF photo by TSGT David McLeod]
Unknown [act] 160240 USMC VMGR-152 'QD' KC-130R
A USMC KC-130R #160240 assigned to VMGR-152 in Okinawa, Japan, arrived at the Yogyakarta airport with 11 tons of medical supplies donated by private American pharmaceutical companies to Project Hope on June 8, 2006. A 6.3 magnitude earthquake devastated Central Java, Indonesia, May 27, prompting the donation of supplies to assist medical facilities here for victims of the disaster. [USMC photo by Lance Cpl. Warren Peace]
11 Jul 2006 [sto] 160240 USAF AMARC 'QD' KC-130R
USMC KC-130R 160240 which was retired on July 11, 2006 and photographed here on the same day. [photo by Philip Kovaric]
AN2G0048. Tail has been removed just aft of the wings sometime before 2015 for the intention of becoming a ground paratrooper training platform.


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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