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Airframe Details for C-130 #3779

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Aircraft: 3779 (62-1817)
Members of the 746th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare to do maintenance on C-130E 62-1817. The aircraft was inducted into history when Lt. Col. Howard Dallman, 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, landed his crew and aircraft under heavy enemy fire from the People's Army of Vietnam to re-supply besieged Marines in Khe Sanh Feb. 5, 1968. Colonel Dallman received the Air Force Cross and his crew received the Silver Star for their effort to re-supply the Marines in Khe Sanh. [USAF phot by Senior Airman Domonique Simmons]
 LM Aero T/V 3779
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 62-817
C-130E
Current USAF 62-817
C-130E
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 62-817 C-130E
Unknown [act] 62-817 USAF 464 TCW C-130E
Unknown [act] 62-817 USAF 516 TCW C-130E
Unknown [act] 62-817 USAF 314 TCW C-130E
Unknown [act] 62-817 USAF 158 TAS C-130E " City of Savannah"
Unknown [act] 62-817 USAF 109 TAS C-130E
USAF C-130E, #62-1817 assigned to the 109 TAS, 133 TAW, Minnesota ANG on their home ramp at Minneapolis IAP. [photo by Kevin Patrick]
Oct 1992 [act] 62-817 USAF 109 AS C-130E
Feb 2006 [act] 62-817 USAF 43 AW C-130E
Jun 2008 [act] 62-817 USAF 61 AS C-130E
22 Dec 2009 [sto] 62-817 USAF AMARC C-130E


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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