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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-100 / C-130 Hercules
    Latest Model:NC-130 Hercules
    Last Military Serial:650979 USN
    Construction Number:4131
    Last Civil Registration:N439NA
    Compressed ID:Lockheed NC-130 sn 650979 USN cn 41...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island, VA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a NC-130.
    LOCKHEED MARTIN NC-130 65-0979

    Circa 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 65-0979.

    From Unknown to 14 July 2002

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 650979.

    1 May 2005


    Photographer: RedRipper 24
    Notes: At the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) - Davis Monthan AFB, Tuscon, AZ

    4 June 2010

    Transferred to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) and stored with the markings: ET, 50979.

    15 March 2012

    To NASA, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA with new c/r N439NA.

    Used to perform scientific research, provide logistics support on an as-needed basis to other airborne science missions, and can be used as a technology test bed for new airborne and satellite instrumentation.

    15 May 2018

    To National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Wallops Island, VA keeping c/r N439NA.
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