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Airframe Details for C-130 #5288

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Aircraft: 5288 (91-1238)
USAF C-130H #91-1238 from 165 AS seen landing at Nellis AFB on March 4, 2011. [Photo Bruce Smith]
 LM Aero T/V 5288
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 91-238
C-130H
Current USAF 91-238
C-130H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 91-238 C-130H
Nov 1992 [act] 91-238 USAF 165 AS C-130H " Foolish Pleasure"
15 May 2019 [act] 91-238 USAF 165 AS C-130H " Foolish Pleasure"
USAF C-130J #07-46312 from the 165 AS takes off from the Kentucky ANGB in Louisville on June 1, 2019, en route to France, where it will participate in the 75th-anniversary reenactment of D-Day. The aircraft, which has been striped with historically accurate Allied Forces livery, will airdrop U.S. Army paratroopers over Normandy on June 9 as part of the commemoration. [ANG photo by Dale Greer]
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Invasion stripes applied for 75th Anniversary of D-Day
Aug 2021 [act] 91-238 USAF 142 AS C-130H " Foolish Pleasure"


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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