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Airframe Details for C-130 #4873

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 4873
[No photo available] Submit a photo	LM Aero T/V	4873
	Plant	Lockheed Marietta Plant
	Local C/N
	Delivered	RSaAF 1621 KC-130H
	Current	RSaAF 3207 KC-130H
	Status	[act]

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Aircraft History

Date

Status

Local S/N

Airforce/Unit

Version

Name

Info

Feb 1981

[act]

1621

KC-130H

Mar 1981

[msh]

1621

KC-130H

Damaged during delivery from a liferaft that detached and damaged the aircraft. Repaired quickly at Marshall, England.

Unknown

[act]

1621

RSaAF 16 sqn

KC-130H

Feb 1995

[act]

3207

RSaAF 32 sqn

KC-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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