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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130E-LM Hercules
    Last Military Serial:61-2358 USAF
    Construction Number:3609
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130E-LM sn 61-2358 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-130E-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.
    First C-130E delivered to the USAF.

    June 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 61-2358.

    15 August 1961

    First flight.

    Circa 1962


    Photographer: Lockheed communications department
    Notes: I am a retired Lockheed-Georgia employee and acquired this photo many years ago from the communications department

    By July 1963

    To Lockheed, Marietta, GA.
    Used for tests.

    Redesignated as JC-130E.

    To U. S. Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB, GA.

    Redesignated as C-130E-LM.
    Reverted back to C-130E configuration.

    By 1972

    Transferred to 183rd TAS, 172nd TAG, Mississippi ANG, Allen C. Thompson Field, MS.

    By December 1981

    Transferred to 115th TAS, 146th TAW, California ANG, Van Nuys AP, CA.

    16 May 1992

    Transferred to 115th AS, 146th AW, California ANG, Van Nuys AP, CA.
    Operated with markings: CI

    July 1992


    Photographer: John Winter via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed at the 1992 Minot Airshow.

    By December 1994

    Transferred to 171st AS, 191st AG, Michigan ANG, Selfridge ANGB, MI.

    By September 2004

    Transferred to 154th TS, 189th OG, Arkansas ANG, Little Rock AFB, AR.

    By September 2008

    Transferred to 62nd AS, 314th OG, Little Rock AFB, AR.

    By 2012

    Transferred to 61st AS, 19th AW, Little Rock AFB, AR.
    Operated with markings: THE ROCK

    2 May 2012

    Last flight.
    Flew from Little Rock AFB, AR, to Edwards AFB, CA, for eventual display.

    2 November 2024

    Placed on display with Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, Palmdale, CA.
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Errol Van Stralen
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