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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-1329 / C-140 Jetstar
    Latest Model:C-140B Jetstar
    Last Military Serial:61-2488 USAF
    Construction Number:1329-5017
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-140B sn 61-2488 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a VC-140B-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA.

    October 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2488.

    October 1961

    Transferred to 89th Airlift Wing, Andrews AFB, MD.
    Carried Presidents Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Carter a number of times, although it was not the primary presidential aircraft. President Johnson in particular preferred this aircraft for trips to his ranch in Texas and used it often. Whenever the President was on board, it flew under the call sign Air Force One.

    Redesignated as C-140B.

    1984

    Withdrawn from use.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CL0001.

    1985

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1985

    Loaned to WR-ALC/MU, Robins AFB, GA.

    1985

    To Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    12 March 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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