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Airframe Details for C-130 #4131

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4131 (65-0979)
The Advanced Tactical Laser C-130H 65-0979 flies over Albuquerque, New Mexico. [Boeing photo by Ed Turner]
 LM Aero T/V 4131
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 65-979
HC-130H
Current NASA N439NA
NC-130H
Status [act]
Aircraft was fitted with Fulton recovery gear and tanker equipment.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Mar 1966 [act] 65-979 HC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-979 USAF 31 ARRS HC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-979 USAF 54 ARRS HC-130H
Unknown [con] 65-979 DC-130H
Converted to a DC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-979 USAF 6514 TS DC-130H
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
Dec 1977 [con] 65-979 NC-130H
Modified to a NC-130H
Nov 1993 [act] 65-979 USAF 514 TS NC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-979 USAF 418 FLTS NC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-979 USAF 40 FLTS NC-130H
Aug 2001 [act] 650979 USNavy VX-30 NC-130H
14 Jul 2002 [act] 65-979 USAF 40 FLTS 'ET' NC-130H
18 Jan 2006 [act] 65-979 'ET' NC-130H
The Advanced Tactical Laser C-130H 65-0979 flies over Albuquerque, New Mexico in January 2008. [Boeing photo by Ed Turner]
Used by Boeing for testing the Advanced Tactical Laser.
04 Jun 2010 [sto] 50979 USAF AMARC 'ET' NC-130H
Mar 2014 [act] N439NA NC-130H
NASA NC-130H #N439NA flies over Eielson AFB on September 17, 2014. NASA's Arctic Radiation - IceBridge Sea and Ice Experiment (ARISE) team conducted the flight as part of the agency's first campaign to study the link between sea ice retreat, clouds and the energy balance in the Arctic. [USAF photo by TSgt. Joseph Swafford]
Goddard Space Flight Center (Wallops Flight 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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