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Airframe Details for C-130 #4598

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4598 (74-1663)
USAF C-130H #74-1663 from the 40th AS is seen taking off from runway 3/1 at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on February 17th, 2005. [Photo by David Townsend]
 LM Aero T/V 4598
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 74-663
C-130H
Current USAF 74-663
C-130H
Status [i/a]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jun 1975 [act] 74-663 C-130H
Unknown [act] 74-663 USAF 463 TAW C-130H
Jan 1998 [act] 74-663 USAF 40 AS C-130H
USAF C-130H 74-1663 deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, powers up the engines and prepares to depart the parking ramp on July 17, 2008 at a base in Southwest Asia. The aircraft is deployed from the 317th Airlift Group, Dyess AFB, Texas. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Raheem Moore]
Mar 1999 [act] 74-663 USAF 39 AS C-130H " No Bull "Buster""
USAF C-130H #74-166 from 39 AS Nose Art 'NO BULL "BUSTER". [Photo 317th AW public affairs]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
May 2012 [act] 74-663 USAF 36 AS 'YJ' C-130H
Nov 2012 [act] 74-663 USAF 36 AS 'YJ' C-130H
USAF C-130H #74-1663 flies during a training mission over Yokota AB, Japan, September 24, 2013. [USAF photo by Osakabe Yasuo]
Special characteristics:
  • Unit Markings: 374 OG
Unknown [act] 74-663 USAF 164 AS C-130H " Spirit of Shelby"
Airmen operate a deicing truck to remove ice and snow from C-130H #74-1663 during bitter cold temperatures on January 16, 2018, at the 179th AW. [ANG photo by TSgt. Joe Harwood]
Apr 2019 [i/a] 74-663 C-130H
BDRT at Ramstein AB.


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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