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Airframe Details for C-130 #4971

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4971 (82-0056)
ANG C-130H 82-0056 assigned to the 455 Air Expeditionary Wing lands on the Bagram runway, Afghanistan on May 23, 2006. This aircraft is deployed here from the 144th AS, the Alaska ANG. [USAF photo by Maj. David Kurle]
 LM Aero T/V 4971
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 82-056
C-130H
Current USAF 82-056
C-130H
Status [sto]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 82-056 C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 USAF 144 TAS C-130H
USAF C-130H #82-0056 from 144th TAS, AK ANG, carrying markings for the 156th Composite Group seen on the Hickam AFB ramp in Dec. 1990. [Photo by Bob Mullendore]
15 Mar 1992 [act] 82-056 USAF 144 AS C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 USAF 144 AS 'AK' C-130H
Unknown [act] 82-056 USAF 144 AS C-130H
USAF ANG C-130H 82-0056 of the 144th AS. [photographer unknown]
24 May 2013 [act] 82-056 USAF 164 AS C-130H
16 Jul 2015 [act] 82-056 USAF 164 AS C-130H " Spirit of Lexington"
Col. Gary McCue, 179th AW Commander, joins Lexington Mayor Eugene Parkison and Maintenance Group Commander, Col. Todd Thomas and his wife Debbie on the flight line of Mansfield Lahm Airportto christen 164 AS C-130H #82-0056 as "The Spirit of Lexington", July 16, 2015. [courtesy photo]
29 Nov 2017 [act] 82-056 USAF 16 SOS C-130H
C-130H #82-0056 newly received by 16 SOS sits on the flightline of Cannon AFB, on November 29, 2017. This aircraft will allow higher pilot proficiency at a lower maintenance cost than the current AC-130W Stinger IIs being used. [USAF photo by SSgt. Charles Dickens]
Recieved by 16 SOS and will be the only H on the books to facilitate aircrew training and free up combat coded aircraft to perform their primary missions
07 Sep 2021 [sto] 82-056 USAF AMARC C-130H


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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