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Airframe Details for C-130 #4135

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Aircraft: 4135 (65-0982)
USAF HC-130H #65-0982 of 76th Air Rescue based out of Hickam AFB seen here in 1968 flying over CVS-10 Yorktown. CVS-10 was on cruise which featured some filming for TV show "Get Smart" and the movie "Tora, Tora, Tora" and notably the recovery of Apollo 8. An antisubmarine aircraft carrier part of CVSG-56, Antisubmarine Carrier Air Group 56. [unknown photographer]
 LM Aero T/V 4135
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 65-982
HC-130H
Current USAF 65-982
HC-130P
Status [act]
Aircraft was fitted with Fulton recovery gear and tanker equipement.


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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Apr 1966 [act] 65-982 HC-130H
May 1966 [act] 65-982 USAF 41 ARRS HC-130H
Dec 1966 [act] 65-982 USAF 76 ARRS HC-130H
USAF HC-130H 65-0982 was seen at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii, in June 1969. [photo by Nick Williams]
Unknown [act] 65-982 USAF 67 ARRS HC-130H
Unknown [act] 65-982 USAF 305 ARRS HC-130H
HC-130H-LM 65-0982 assigned to the 305th Aerospace Rescue and USAF Recovery Squadron, 403d Rescue and Weather Reconaissance Wing based at Selfridge ANGB and seen sitting in the Arizona sunshine at Luke AFB in January 1987. [photo by Kevin Patrick]
Unknown [con] 65-982 HC-130P
Upgraded to HC-130P
Unknown [act] 65-982 USAF 71 RQS 'MY' HC-130P
A crewmember from the 71st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron performs a post-flight maintenance inspection on HC-130P #65-0982 at a forward deployed OIF location. [USAF photo by Airman 1st Class Lindsey M. Slocum]
Mar 2011 [act] 65-982 USAF 79 RQS 'FT' HC-130P
USAF HC-130P #65-0982 from 79 RQS is seen landing at Nellis AFB on March 18, 2011. [Photo by Bruce Smith]


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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Sep 13, 2021 - 10:23 AM
65-0982

My brother just sent me a photo of 65-0982, it is being used as a CDDAR trainer at Volk Field, Wisconsin





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