Found
14 aircraft, displaying
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14
[Sorted by
Date]
| Date |
Status |
Local S/N |
Aircraft |
AF/Unit |
Version |
Info |
Details |
|
Unknown |
[
act] |
112 |
|
RSaAF 1 sqn |
VC-130H
|
|
Details
|
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Minor fire damage in a wheel bay in 1981.
|
|
|
Unknown |
[
act] |
74-690 |
74-
1690
|
USAF 463 TAW |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Damaged in early 1981 in a wheels up landing at Lajes, Azores. Repaired only to have another wheels up landing later in 1981.
|
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|
14 Jan 1981 |
[
w/o] |
69-581 |
69-
6581
|
USAF 37 TAS |
C-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
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Crashed into the bomb dump just after take-off from a fin stall at Ramstein AB, West Germany. Cause was a missing washer on rudder control. Nine crew killed.
|
|
|
26 Feb 1981 |
[
w/o] |
64-564 |
64-
0564
|
USAF 1 SOS |
MC-130E
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Flew into the ocean near Tabones, Island, Philippines during a low-level turn killing 23 out of 24 on board.
|
|
|
Mar 1981 |
[
act] |
1621 |
|
|
KC-130H
|
|
Details
|
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|
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Damaged during delivery from a liferaft that detached and damaged the aircraft. Repaired quickly at Marshall, England.
|
|
|
24 Apr 1981 |
[
w/o] |
396 |
|
FAPe Esc 843 |
L100-20
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Lost when ran out of fuel during an emergency landing at night near San Juan, Peru.
|
|
|
30 Apr 1981 |
[
i/a] |
A6-QFY |
|
UAEAF 4 sqn |
L100-30
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Damaged in a hailstorm in Dubai.
|
|
|
16 May 1981 |
[
w/o] |
D2-EAS |
|
|
L100-20
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Shot down with an infrared missile near Menongue in Angola.
|
|
|
29 May 1981 |
[
w/o] |
1276/SU-BAH |
78-
0755
|
|
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Crashed shortly after take-off from Cairo West AB, Egypt with a load of ammunition. Unknown amount of crew on board.
|
|
|
14 Jul 1981 |
[
act] |
CNA-OK |
|
RMAF Esc de Transport |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Wing was damaged while taxying at Bierset, Belgium. Wing struck a hanger. Aircraft was repaired.
|
|
|
21 Sep 1981 |
[
w/o] |
74-672 |
74-
1672
|
USAF 463 TAW |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Crashed short of a dirt runway during night landing at Indian Springs AFAF. Seven on board were killed while 61 survived.
|
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|
26 Sep 1981 |
[
act] |
74-690 |
74-
1690
|
USAF 463 TAW |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
|
Wheels up landing at CFB Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada and repaired. Had a gear up landing also earlier in the year.
|
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29 Sep 1981 |
[
w/o] |
5-8552 |
|
IRIAF 5 ATS |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
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Crashed near Kahrisak, Iran killing all 80 on board including the Minister of Defence.
|
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|
12 Oct 1981 |
[
w/o] |
CNA-OH |
|
RMAF Esc de Transport |
C-130H
|
|
Details
|
|
|
|
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Shot down over the Western Sahara by Polisario rebels.
|
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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 |
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