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Airframe Details for C-130 #3742

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 3742
LM Aero T/V 3742
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USMC 150690
GV-1
Current USMC 150690
KC-130F
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 150690 GV-1
18 Sep 1962 [act] 150690 KC-130F
Unknown [act] 150690 USMC VMGR-252 'BH' KC-130F
22 Jul 1970 [act] 150690 USNavy Blue Angels KC-130F
Special characteristics:
  • Display team: Blue Angels
First "Fat Albert" and served between 1970 and 1973
Unknown [act] 150690 USMC VMGR-352 'QB' KC-130F
Unknown [act] 150690 USMC VMGR-152 'QD' KC-130F
02 Feb 2006 [sto] 150690 USAF AMARC 'QD' KC-130F

AN2G0042


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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Errors and Omissions

Nov 16, 2023 - 11:25 PM
Fat Albert

1973 I was sent on Temporiary Assignment Duty from NAS Whiting Field Florida to a Marine Base at Cherry Point North Carolina to preform an acceptance Inspection on a C130 fot the Blue Angels that waas to become Fat Albert. I was qualified as a Aircraft Inspector.





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