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Airframe Details for C-130 #4821

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Aircraft: 4821 (78-0811)
USAF C-130H #78-0811 from the 185th AS is seen landing at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on July 7th, 2006. [Photo by David Townsend]
 LM Aero T/V 4821
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 78-811
C-130H
Current USAF 78-811
C-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jun 1979 [act] 78-811 C-130H
Unknown [act] 78-811 USAF 185 TAS C-130H
16 May 1992 [act] 78-811 USAF 185 AS 'OK' C-130H
USAF C-130H #78-0811 with Crew Chief assigned to the 185th AW observe as the aircraft taxies to park after arriving home from a tour in Iraq on August 10, 2003 at Will Rogers ANGB, Oklahoma. A crewmember flies the Oklahoma state flag from the escape hatch. [USAF photo by SMS Kevin Tucker]
Unknown [act] 78-811 USAF 185 AS C-130H
Oct 2007 [act] 78-811 USAF 758 AS C-130H
26 Sep 2016 [sto] 78-811 USAF AMARC C-130H
PCN: 542832


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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