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Aircraft: 5560 (04-3144)
USAF C-130J 04-3144 from the 48th AS at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas competes in the air drop competition for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 by dropping pallets on targets on July 23, 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Rose]
 LM Aero T/V 5560
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 04-144
C-130J-30
Current USAF 04-144
C-130J-30
Status [w/o]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
27 May 2005 [act] 04-144 C-130J-30
Jun 2005 [act] 04-144 USAF 48 AS C-130J-30
Sep 2005 [act] 04-144 USAF 143 AS C-130J-30
On loan from the 48th AS
Jan 2007 [act] 04-144 USAF 48 AS C-130J-30
USAF C-130J 04-3144 from the 48th AS at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas competes in the air drop competition for Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 by dropping pallets on targets on July 23, 2007. [USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Richard Rose]
Jan 2012 [act] 04-144 USAF 41 AS C-130J-30
19 May 2013 [msh] 04-144 USAF 41 AS C-130J-30
Airman 1st Class Christian Mejia guards disabled C-130J 04-3144 on June 6, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Shank, Logar province, Afghanistan. The aircraft had crashed earlier on May 19, 2013. [USAF photo by Master Sgt. Ben Bloker]
Ran off the end of the runway and hit a ditch at Shank, Afghanistan. The crew members were from the 41st Airlift Squadron were assigned to the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. Crew and three passengers survived.
19 May 2013 [w/o] 04-144 USAF 41 AS C-130J-30
Airmen forward deployed from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing assist in a crash damage reclamation and demilitarization project of C-130J 04-3144 on July 1, 2013, at a forward operating base in Afghanistan. The team recovered 250 components totalling more than $20 million. [USAF photo]

A U.S. Army Soldier, attached to Task Force Vanguard, waits for fire fighters to arrive after an explosion from a controlled explosives detonation, July 9, 2013, at Forward Operating Base Shank, eastern Afghanistan. Explosives were used to remove the wings of this unserviceable C-130J #04-3144, in order to move the aircraft off the airfield. [US Army photo by Sgt. Bob Yarbrough]


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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