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Airframe Details for C-130 #4856

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Aircraft: 4856 (79-0476)
An F-16C block 52 from the 157th FS South Carolina ANG, flies beside a C-130H #79-0476 in November of 1998. The F-16 is armed with AGM-88 HARMs, AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles and AIM-120 AMRAAMs. [USAF photo by civilian Lans Stout]
 LM Aero T/V 4856
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 79-476
C-130H
Current USAF 79-476
C-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Jun 1980 [act] 79-476 C-130H
Unknown [act] 79-476 USAF 183 TAS C-130H
USAF C-130H #79-0476 from 183TAS Miss ANG was seen at Norton AFB on March 21, 1981. [Photo by Niedermeier]
Unknown [act] 79-476 USAF 169 FW 'SC' C-130H
Nov 2000 [act] 79-476 USAF 192 AS C-130H
11 May 2016 [act] 79-476 USAF 186 AS C-130H " City of Helena"
USAF C-130H #79-0476 assigned to the 186 AS takes off from the runway of the Great Falls IAP on May 18, 2017. The aircraft mission would be the last one flown by Col. Lee Smith while he was serving as 120th AW commander. [ANG photo by SMSgt. Eric Peterson]
21 Aug 2017 [sto] 79-476 USAF AMARC C-130H " City of Helena"


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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