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Aircraft: 5157 (88-4404)
US Army Soldiers, from the 82nd Airborne Division, parachute from C-130H 88-4404 during the 11th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop, on Pope AFB, North Carolina on December 6, 2008. [USAF photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeremy]
 LM Aero T/V 5157
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 88-404
C-130H
Current HHP 5157
C-130H
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Feb 1989 [act] 88-404 C-130H
Feb 1989 [act] 88-404 USAF 95 TAS C-130H
USAF C-130H #88-4404 of the 95TAS, seen on the T-Line at NAS Dallas, Texas when it was still very new on June 16, 1989. [photo by Keith Snyder]
01 Feb 1992 [act] 88-404 USAF 95 AS C-130H
Oct 1993 [act] 88-404 USAF 95 AS 'MK' C-130H
Apr 1997 [act] 88-404 USAF 95 AS C-130H " City of Oak Creek - Home of the Knights"
C-130H #88-4404 from 95th AS seen at Port-au-Prince, Haiti as part of the relief efforts being conducted by the DoD on January 15, 2010. [USAF photo by MSgt. Shane A. Cuomo]
Special characteristics:
  • Nose Art
01 Dec 2014 [msh] 88-404 USAF 95 AS C-130H
Photo of damage sustained to C-130H #88-4404 from 95 AS number 4 engine after a mid-air collision with a C-27J from Army SOC on December 1, 2014. [Photographer unknown]

Photo of damage sustained to C-130H #88-4404 from 95 AS number 4 engine after a mid-air collision with a C-27J from Army SOC on December 1, 2014. [Photographer unknown]
Mid-air collision with a C-27J from United States Army Special Operations Command Flight Company. Collision approximately 8 miles south of Mackall AAF, North Carolina. Both aircraft declared emergencies and landed safely, the C-27 to Mackall AAF and the C-130 to Pope AAF. The C-130 sustained damage to the leading edge of the right wing and number 4 engine.
01 Dec 2014 [sto] 88-404 USAF 95 AS C-130H
Pending repairs.
Unknown [act] 88-404 USAF 95 AS C-130H
29 Jun 2015 [sto] 88-404 USAF AMARC C-130H
The last remaining C-130H of the 440th AW #88-4404 taxis to the runway before departing Pope Army Airfield, for the last time, June 29, 2016. The unit had been located at Pope since 2007, when it moved from its long-time station at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. [USAF photo by TSgt. Lewis Beeman]

440th AW maintainers and aircrew signed their names on #88-4404, the last C-130H aircraft in preparation for its final flyaway from Pope Army Airfield on June 29, 2016. The plane was the last of the 12 that the unit had owned at Pope before its inactivation. [USAF photo by 1st Lt. Justin Clark]
Flown to AMARG after final flight with 440th AW
24 Jun 2021 [act] 88-404 C-130H
Departed to L3 Harris, Wako, TX.
16 Feb 2024 [act] 5157 HHP 222 AS C-130H
HHP welcomed its new C-130H #5157 at the Clark AFB on February 16, 2024. The aircraft was ferried from Waco, Texas to the Philippines by US aircrew. [Philippines AF picture]

HHP welcomed its new C-130H #5157 at the Clark AFB on February 16, 2024. The aircraft was ferried from Waco, Texas to the Philippines by US aircrew. [Philippines AF picture]
The second C-130 plane acquired through the US foreign military financing program arrived at Clark AFB


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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