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Airframe Details for C-130 #5840

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C-130 Aircraft Profile

Aircraft: 5840 (16-5840)
USAF C-130J-30 #16-5840 on approach to Verona Villafranca Airport on April 16, 2019. note D-Day marking applied. [Photo by Varani Ennio]
 LM Aero T/V 5840
Plant Lockheed Marietta Plant
Local C/N
Delivered USAF 65840
C-130J-30
Current USAF 65840
C-130J-30
Status [act]

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Aircraft History

Date Status Local S/N Airforce/Unit Version Name Info
Unknown [act] 65840 C-130J-30
Unknown [act] 65840 USAF 37 AS C-130J-30
USAF C-130J-30 serial 16-5840 of the 37th AS, 86th AW. [photographer unknown]
Apr 2019 [act] 65840 USAF 37 AS 'RS' C-130J-30
U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to the 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, prepare to board C-130J-30 #16-5840 from 37 AS at Villafranca AB, in preparation for airborne operations onto Juliet Drop Zone, Pordenone, Italy, May 21, 2019. [Army photo by Paolo Bovo]
Special characteristics:
  • Special Colorscheme
Special D-Day Invasion Stripes.
Invasion stripes applied for 75th Anniversary of D-Day. W7 is the squadron identifier for the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron, the 37th AS’ legacy squadron.


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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