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Airframe Details for C-130 #5696

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Aircraft: 5696 (08-6206)
USAF MC-130J #08-6206 from 522 SOS is seen departing from RAF Mildenhall on its way back to the US on October 06, 2013. [Photo by Simon Mortimer]
 LM Aero T/V 5696
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 08-206
MC-130J
Current USAF 08-206
MC-130J
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 08-206 MC-130J
20 Jul 2012 [act] 08-206 USAF 522 SOS MC-130J
USAF MC-130J #08-6206 at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico on December 13, 2014 [photo by Patrick Allis]
Oct 2014 [act] 08-206 USAF 415 SOS MC-130J
Aug 2021 [act] 08-206 USAF 9 SOS MC-130J
02 Feb 2023 [act] 08-206 USAF 193 SOS MC-130J
USAF MC-130J Commando II #08-6206 arrives at the 193rd SOW on February 2, 2023 at Middletown, Pennsylvania. The aircraft is the first to arrive to the 193rd SOW, marking a symbolic beginning to its new primary mission as the first, and currently only Air National Guard unit to operate the Commando II. [ANG photo by MSgt. Alexander Farver]


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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