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    Airframe Family: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
    Latest Model:C-133B-DL Cargomaster
    Last Military Serial:59-0527 USAF
    Construction Number:45578
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-133B-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    Circa 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-0527.

    Transferred to 60th Military Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, CA.

    30 June 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CU023.

    24 August 1971

    Declared excess.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    1971

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    By 1980

    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE, MILITARY AIRCRAFT COMMAND
    Displayed in the markings of the 60th Military Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, California, in 1970.

    25 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ - of a Douglas C-133B Cargomaster

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona. Note the bands around the fuselage, these were to prevent harmonic vibration.

    April 2007


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    April 2007


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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