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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:C-130H Hercules
    Last Military Serial:85-0040 USAF
    Construction Number:5083
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-130H sn 85-0040 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-130H.

    Circa 1986

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 85-0040.

    1986

    Transferred to 357th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 908th Tactical Airlift Group, Maxwell AFB, AL.

    1 February 1992

    Transferred to 357th Airlift Squadron, 908th Airlift Wing (AFRC), Maxwell AFB, AL.
    Unit designation changed.

    April 1997

    Markings Applied: Southern Star

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Maxwell AFB, AL. Photographed from about a mile away with a 600mm lens and doubler.

    March 2015

    Markings Applied: War Eagle / Auburn Tigers, UA, MAXWELL
    University of Alabama badge on nose, dark blue tail band containing white MAXWELL.

    1 March 2017

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) with inventory number 567565.
    Row 25.

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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