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Airframe Details for C-130 #4819

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Aircraft: 4819 (78-0809)
USAF C-130H #78-0809 with crew members assigned to the 137th AW of the Oklahoma ANG wave the Oklahoma Stat Flag from the escape hatch atop his aircraft, as group crew personnel directs the aircraft to park after arriving home on September 8, 2003 from a tour in Iraq. [USAF photo by SMS Kevin Tucker]
 LM Aero T/V 4819
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 78-809
C-130H
Current USAF 78-809
C-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jun 1979 [act] 78-809 C-130H
Unknown [act] 78-809 USAF 185 TAS C-130H
USAF C-130H #78-0809 from 185TAS OK ANG was seen on the Oklahoma City ramp on August 1, 1980. [Photo by Stewart]
16 May 1992 [act] 78-809 USAF 185 AS C-130H
USAF C-130H #78-0809 takes off May 9, 2000. The C-130 and it's crew are deployed here to participate in Airlift Rodeo 2000. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Allen]
Mar 2006 [act] 78-809 USAF 185 AS C-130H
USAF C-130H #78-0809 from 185 AS is seen on the ramp at Kabul International Airport sometime during March 2006. [Photo by Martin Živnůstka]
Oct 2007 [act] 78-809 USAF 758 AS C-130H " We Have Not Forgotten"
USAF C-130H #78-0809 from 758 AS nose art "We Have Not Forgotten" taken at Prestwick Airport on September 11, 2012. [Photo by Broon452]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
29 Sep 2015 [sto] 78-809 USAF AMARC C-130H " We Have Not Forgotten"
USAF C-130H #78-0809 rests in desert storage as seen on October 3, 2016. [309th AMARG photo]

USAF C-130H #78-0809 rests in desert storage as seen on October 3, 2016. [309th AMARG photo]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art


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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