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Airframe Details for C-130 #4725

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4725 (76-0491)
New York ANG LC-130H 76-3301 sits while crews unload fuel and cargo here during a mission to Antartica in 2005 on January 28th. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Efrain Gonzalez]
 LM Aero T/V 4725
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USNavy 160740
LC-130R
Current USAF 76-3301
LC-130H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Apr 1977 [act] 160740 LC-130R
May 1977 [act] 160740 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-02' LC-130R
Dec 1984 [msh] 160740 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-02' LC-130R
USN LC-130R-2 160740 seen here wrecked after a mishap on an unknown date. Please help provide a date of mishap and a date aircraft was recovered. Aircraft was later converted to LC-130H and operated by the New York ANG serial 76-0491. [USN photo]

USN LC-130R-2 160740 seen here sunk into a crevasse on an unknown date. Please help provide a date of mishap and a date aircraft was recovered. Aircraft was later converted to LC-130H and operated by the New York ANG serial 76-0491. [USN photo]
Damaged at Starshot Glacier, Antartica. Was repaired.
Unknown [act] 160740 USNavy VXE-6 'XD-02' LC-130R
US Navy LC-130R, #160740 assigned to VXE-6, based at NAS Pt. Mugu and photographed at NAF El Centro. [photo by Kevin Patrick]
27 Mar 1998 [sto] 76-3301 USAF AMARC LC-130R
Unknown [con] 76-3301 LC-130H
Converted to LC-130H.
24 May 1999 [act] 76-3301 USAF 139 AS LC-130H
Operated for the National Science Foundation in Waco.


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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