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Airframe Details for C-130 #4543

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Aircraft: 4543 (73-1581)
Staff Sgt. Matt Auble assigned to the 43rd Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron marshals EC-130H #73-1581 after a communication jamming mission in Northern Iraq at a forward deployed operating base located in the Mediterranean region in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. [U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin A. Camara]
 LM Aero T/V 4543
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 73-581
C-130H
Current USAF 73-581
EC-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jul 1974 [act] 73-581 C-130H
Dec 1975 [act] 73-581 USAF 314 TAW 'LK' C-130H
Unknown [act] 73-581 USAF 21 AS C-130H
May 1981 [con] 73-581 EC-130H
Converted to EC-130H
Jul 1982 [act] 73-581 USAF 43 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
Jun 2009 [act] 73-581 USAF 43 ECS EC-130H
Dec 2010 [act] 73-581 USAF 43 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 12 AF
Unknown [act] 73-581 USAF 43 ECS 'DM' EC-130H
USAF EC-130H #73-1581 from 43 ECS is seen at RAF Mildenhall on April 16, 2014. [Photo by Kevin Bell]
05 Nov 2021 [act] 73-581 USAF 418 TES 'DM' EC-130H
USAF EC-130H #73-1581 assigned to the 418th TES, Davis Monthan AFB takes off for a mission in support of Black Flag 22-2 at Nellis AFB on September 20, 2022. The 418th TES, the first ever combined HC-130J Combat King II and EC-130H Compass Call test unit in the entire U.S. Air Force, activation ceremony took place at Davis-Monthan AFB on November 5, 2021. [USAF photo by William R. Lewis]
Assigned to 418 TES
29 Sep 2025 [sto] 73-581 USAF AMARC EC-130H


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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