Dates

Event

1981

Constructed as an EC-130Q-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA.

October 1981

Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 161495.

By 1983

Transferred to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 3 (VQ-3) NAS Moffett Field, CA.

March 1987

Transferred to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron 4 (VQ-4), NAS Patuxent River, MD.

25 May 1991

Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at NAS Patuxent River Airshow

December 1991

Converted to a C-130H.
TACAMO equipment removed.

Circa 1993

Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration with s/n 161495.

From 1993 to 2004

Transferred to NASA Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.

Assigned civil registration: N427NA {1}

15 October 2004

To Kenosha Military Museum Ltd, Pleasant Prairie, WI keeping c/r N427NA {1}.

15 October 2004

Loaned to Southeastern Wisconsin Aviation Museum/Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 838, Batten Airport (KRAC) (west side), Racine, WI.
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31 March 2010

To Russell Military Museum Ltd, Russell, IL keeping c/r N427NA {1}.
Kenosha Military Museum moved south and renamed.

In the inventory of Russell Military Museum, Russell, IL.
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25 August 2010

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Racine, WI airport

Photographer: unknown

9 August 2012

To unknown owner with c/r N427NA {1}.
Registration pending to a new owner in Salt Lake City, UT.

14 August 2012

To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT keeping c/r N427NA {1}.

14 August 2012

To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N130FF.

10 November 2012

Certificate of airworthiness for N130FF (EC130Q, 161495) issued.

22 July 2013

To Wells Fargo Bank Northwest Na Trustee, Salt Lake City, UT with new c/r N130FF.

24 August 2013

Certificate of airworthiness for NR130FF (EC130Q, 161495) issued.

By August 2013

Operated by Coulson Aviation, BC.

By 31 August 2013

Operated as fire service #131.

31 August 2013

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA.

31 August 2013

Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, CA.

8 July 2015

Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: Fighting a fire in NE WA.

18 January 2018

To Delaware Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N130FF.

7 May 2021

To Delaware Trust Co Trustee, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N131CG.

12 October 2023

Photographer: Dan Stijovich
Notes: Taxiing out for a fire dispatch at Santa Maria CA