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Airframe Details for C-130 #3845

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Aircraft: 3845 (63-7779)
LM Aero T/V 3845
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 63-779
C-130E
Current USAF 63-779
C-130E
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 63-779 C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-779 USAF 516 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-779 USAF 346 TAS C-130E
On the night of 23 March 1969 this aircraft was on a troop support ammunition resupply mission to Da Nang RVN. As the ammunition was being unloaded, they came under heavy hostile fire from a mortar attack that wounded several American personnel. As mortar rounds were landing, Sergeant John F. "Cajun" Wroten ran and turned off the spot lights and the power to his aircraft in an attempt to stop the enemy from using the lights as targets. When the lights went off, the incoming mortar rounds stopped. Cajun saved a lot of American lives that night. Cajun was submitted for the Bronze Star with "V".
Unknown [act] 63-779 USAF 516 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-779 USAF 463 TAW C-130E
Unknown [act] 63-779 USAF 17 TAS C-130E
Aug 1993 [i/a] 63-779 'ST' C-130E
As GC-130E, no tail, no wingtips at Sheppard AFB.


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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