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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:MC-130P Combat Shadow
    Last Military Serial:65-0991 USAF
    Construction Number:4152
    Compressed ID:Lockheed MC-130P sn 65-0991 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cannon Air Force Base Air Park, Cannon AFB (north side), Clovis, New Mexico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a HC-130P.

    27 July 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-0991.

    July 1966

    To 41st ARRS, Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, Hamilton AFB, CA.

    1968

    Transferred to 39th ARRS, 3rd ARRG, Tuy Hoa AB, South Vietnam.

    September 1970

    Base of operations changed.
    Cam Ranh Air Base, South Vietnam.

    21 November 1970

    Flew during the Son Tay Raid with the callsign LIME 02. Its role during the raid was rescue force navigation, aerial refueling of the HH-3 Helicopters and to serve as the airborne command.

    From 1973 to 1983

    Transferred to 76th ARRS, Hickam AFB, HI.

    From 1983 to 1986

    Transferred to 41st ARRS, 41st Rescue and Weather Reconnaissance Wing, McClellan AFB, CA.

    From 1986 to March 1988

    Transferred to 55th ARRS, 39th ARRW, Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

    March 1988

    Transferred to 9th SOS, 39th SOW, Eglin Air Force Base, FL.

    After March 1988

    Converted to a MC-130P.

    By February 1996

    Transferred to 9th SOS, 1st SOG, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    By July 2013

    Transferred to Det. 1, 67th SOS, 352nd SOG, RAF Mildenhall, UK.
    Operated with markings: Son Tay Raider

    By 2014

    Transferred to 9th SOS, 1st SOG, Hurlburt Field, FL.

    26 January 2015

    Last flight.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To CANNON AFB (NM), 27 SOMSG/CD.

    3 September 2015

    Placed on display with Cannon Air Force Base Air Park, Cannon AFB (north side), Clovis, NM.
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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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