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Airframe Details for C-130 #4601

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4601
LM Aero T/V 4601
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USNavy 159348
EC-130Q
Current USNavy 159348
EC-130Q
Status [pre]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jul 1975 [act] 159348 EC-130Q
Unknown [act] 159348 USNavy VQ-4 'HL-48' EC-130Q
Unknown [act] 159348 USNavy VQ-4 'HL-48' EC-130Q
Unknown when all the electical equipment was removed, but by 1989 it was being used as a cargo aircraft only still by VQ-4. By the end of Desert Storm, the aircraft was on loan to VR-22.
Unknown [con] 159348 TC-130Q
Converted for ice landing operations. Labelled TC-130Q.
Unknown [act] 159348 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-00' TC-130Q
Jun 2000 [pre] 159348 EC-130Q
Converted back to original designed EC-130Q and preserved at Tinker AFB at the Navy TACAMO facility.


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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