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Airframe Details for C-130 #5091

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 5091 (87-0023)
USAF MC-103H #87-0023 of the 7 SOS seen on departure day of the RIAT 2007 at RAF Fairford. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]
 LM Aero T/V 5091
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 87-023
MC-130H
Current USAF 87-023
MC-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 87-023 MC-130H
Unknown [act] 87-023 USAF 7 SOS MC-130H
USAF MC-130H #87-0023 from 7 SOS is seen at RAF Fairford during RIAT sometime during July 1999. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
Sep 2004 [act] 87-023 USAF 7 SOS MC-130H " Forth Horseman"
USAF MC-130H #87-0023 of the 7th SOS showing its noseart "Forth Horseman" at the RIAT 2003 at Fairford. [Photo by Ed Groenendijk]

USAF MC-130H #87-0023 from 7 SOS is seen at RAF Fairford during RIAT sometime during July 2006. [Photo by Richard Vandervord]
Aug 2014 [act] 87-023 USAF 15 SOS MC-130H
Oct 2018 [act] 87-023 MC-130H
353 SOG
Unknown [act] 87-023 USAF 15 SOS MC-130H
Dean Huber, 560th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron functional aircraft mechanic, marshals MC-130H Combat Talon II #87-0023 to the taxiway at Robins AFB on August 20, 2021. This was the final MC-130H aircraft to undergo programmed depot maintenance at Robins AFB before going back to its home station at Hurlburt Field, Florida. [USAF photo by Joseph Mather]
07 Mar 2023 [sto] 87-023 USAF AMARC MC-130H


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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