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Airframe Details for C-130 #4597

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4597 (74-1662)
USAF C-130H #74-1662 arrives at NAS Norfolk, Virginia on August 31, 1994 from Naval Base Guantanamo Bay with luggage and pet animals of dependents being evacuated from Cuba during Operation Sincere Welcome. Note the text written in chalk on the side of the aircraft. [USN photo by PH1 Martin E. Maddock]
 LM Aero T/V 4597
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 74-662
C-130H
Current USAF 74-662
C-130H
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jun 1975 [act] 74-662 C-130H
Unknown [act] 74-662 USAF 463 TAW C-130H
USAF C-130H, #74-1662 assigned to the 463d TAW based at Dyess AFB and photographed at Sheppard AFB, Texas in August 1982. [photo by Kevin Patrick]
Oct 1993 [act] 74-662 USAF 40 AS 'DY' C-130H
USAF C-130H #74-1662 lands on the airstrip at the Holland Drop Zone on May 6, 1995. [USAF photo by A1C Jerome G. Suson]
17 Aug 1996 [msh] 74-662 USAF 40 AS 'DY' C-130H
Flew into Sleeping Indian mountains, Wyoming while on a presidential support mision. Crew of nine were killed.
17 Aug 1996 [w/o] 74-662 USAF 40 AS 'DY' C-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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