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Found 20 aircraft, displaying 10-20 [Sorted by FY/n]
Local S/N AF/Unit Aircraft Name Marked Date Details
61-358 61-2358 02 Nov 2024 Details
Security Forces vehicles and personnel pose in front of C-130E #61-2358. The historic asset was towed from Edwards South Base to the entrance of the USAF Flight Test Museum on November 2, 2024. (USAF Photo by Daniel Kelley]
First C-130E

 Finally moved from the South Base to be put on display at the AFFTC museum.
64-852 64-14852 Unknown Details
HC-130H 64-14852 is shown at Edwards AFB, California, in 1966. [photo by Steve Kraus]
First C-130H

 First C-130H built was an HC-130H. Ultimately HC-130H 64-14853 was delivered first. What was the first squadron assignment at Edwards AFB?
65-979 USAF 6514 TS 65-0979 Unknown Details
Max lift record

 Operated at Edwards AFB, California for DC-130 tests. During it's time there it had a lift record with a metalic finish. Max external stores 40,000 lb
1721 87-0157 Unknown Details
USCG EC-130V #1721 parked on the flight line at Clearwater, Florida on June 17, 1993. [USN photo by OS2 John Bouvia]
Airborne Early Warning prototype

 Modified to EC-130V with E-2C radome. Made first flight on July 31, 1991.
91-231 USAF 165 AS 91-1231 "Man o' War" 15 May 1992 Details
Kentucky ANG C-130H #91-1231 arriving from Ramstein AB, Germany with a USMC Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Team from NAS Rota, Spain onboard lands at Lungi, Sierra Leone on July 21, 2003. This aircraft is 2000th C-130 manufactured. [USAF photo by TSGT Justin D. Pyle]
#2000

 Hercules number 2000 built operated first by the 165th Airlift Squadron.
92-253 USAF 4 SOS 92-0253 "8 ball" 22 Oct 1997 Details
Set a record with another AC-130U and establised the longest sustained C-130 flight with a 36hr non-stop 8,000 mile flight from Hulburt Field to Taegu Air Base, South Korea.
N130JC 94-8151 23 Jan 1997 Details
Roll out ceremony for first C-130J #94-8151 during 1995. [Lockheed photo]
First C-130J

 First USAF C-130J built. Rolled out on October 20, 1995 and had first flight on June 6, 1996. Was contracted under serial 94-3026 as a C-130H but was renumbered 94-8151 before delivered.
65840 USAF 37 AS 16-5840 Apr 2019 Details
U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to board C-130J-30 #16-5840 from 37 AS at Villafranca AB, in preparation for airborne operations onto Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy, May 21, 2019. [Army photo by Paolo Bovo]
Special D-Day Invasion Stripes.

 Invasion stripes applied for 75th Anniversary of D-Day. W7 is the squadron identifier for the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, the 37th AS’ legacy squadron.
149798 USNavy VR-3 "Look Ma, No Hook" 30 Oct 1963 Details
KC-130F #149798 takes off from the deck of the USS Forrestal CV-59. [USN photo]
Largest aircraft to land on a carrier

 Used for carrier suitability trials on the USS Forrestal making 29 touch and goes, and 21 landings and unassisted takeoffs just off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. The aircraft was being studied for use as a Carrier Onboard Delivery transport. The refueling pods were removed from the aircraft for the tests. This C-130 made history as the largest aircraft to land and take-off from an aircraft carrier but never became operational.
N1130E Apr 1964 Details
L100 prototype (3946) N1130E. On its initial flight, the first L-100 flew for 25 hours and one minute, which at the time was a world-record for first flight length. The plane flew all but 36 minutes on only two of its engines. [Lockheed Martin Aeronautics archives]
Prototype for the L100 series had first flight April 20, 1964. The L100 is the civilian versions of the C-130. Another amazing fact was that the first flight was 25 hours long.
N5103D 25 May 2017 Details
Lockheed Martin's LM-100J #N51030 commercial freighter made it first successful flight on May 25, 2017. [Lockheed Martin photo by Todd R. McQueen]
First LM-100J built

 First Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter aircraft achieved a critical milestone with the completion of its first flight on May 25th

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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
wbh
Aug 09, 2015 - 02:16 AM
First 'E" model

LAC 3609 was the first "E" AF 61-2358 , There were 15 other early "E's" which were actually converted "B"'s They had special beef-up in the outer wings for the External tank and the Shelf Brackets (MLG ) were converted and different from the production "E"s . I flew 3609 in Marietta when it was the test bed for -15 engines and several times when it went through PDM . At the PDM Depot we referred to the first 16 "E"'s as "B-E"'s as an aid to prevent confusion from "real" "E":|"'s. WBH





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