Lockheed C-130A Hercules

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Serial Number: 57-0461.
Construction Number: 182-3168.
Delivered March 1957
322nd Air Division 1962
317 TCW 1965
Converted to DC-130A
4025 SRS / 4080 SRW 1965
350 SRS / 100 SRW, Davis-Monthan AFB, 1968
11 TDS / 355 TFW, Davis-Monthan AFB, 1972
11 TDS / 432 TDG, Davis-Monthan AFB, 1978
To MASDC storage 11 January 1979, inventory code CF026
While at MASDC, transferred to US Navy on 15 March 1979, inventory code 2G001
Transferred back to USAF inventory at AMARC on 6 May 1980, inventory code CF029
Returned to service with 4950 TW Sept 1982
Modified to C-130A; still had DC nose and pylons. Avionics testbed
To AMARC storage 25 June 1986 with inventory code CF050
Returned to service 18 May 1989 and allocated to the 6514 TS / 545 TG at Hill AFB
Transferred to US Navy as BuNo 570461 in 1989, to NWTS at Point Mugu
Transferred to Flight Systems and later AFTI (AVTEL Flight Test Inc) at Mojave for contract drone ops at Pt. Mugu, until 2001
To NAWS China Lake 2001; stored without pylons in a compound near Armitage Field, China Lake; allocated to the U.S. Naval Museum of Armament and Technology at China Lake.
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Coordinates:   35°41'32"N   117°40'27"W
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