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Airframe Details for C-130 #5085

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 5085 (85-0045)
USMC KC-130T from VMGR-234 is seen on the ramp on July 30, 2012. [Photo by Zdenek Kaspar Jr.]
 LM Aero T/V 5085
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USMC 163310
KC-130T
Current USMC 163310
KC-130T
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 163310 KC-130T
Unknown [act] 163310 USMC VMGR-234 'QH' KC-130T
Unknown [act] 163310 USNavy Blue Angels 'QH' KC-130T
Special characteristics:
  • Display team: Blue Angels
Acted as Fat Albert for the Blue Angels 1997 season, on loan from VMGR-234.
Oct 1997 [act] 163310 USMC VMGR-234 'QH' KC-130T
Apr 2007 [act] 163310 USNavy VX-20 'WB' KC-130T
USMC KC-130T (BuNo 163310) is refueling flying a CH-53K (BuNo 170001) transported an F-35C (CF-01) airframe from the F-35 Integrated Test Force at Patuxent River to a Navy unit located at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey on April 24, 2024. A Marine aviator from Marine Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX-1) piloted the most powerful helicopter in the Department of Defense that carried the inoperable airframe, which was without mission and propulsion systems, outer wings, or additional equipment, to the Prototype, Manufacturing and Test (PMT) Department of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) Lakehurst for use in future emergency recovery systems testing. [USMC photo by Kyra Helwick]
Nose number X10.


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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