Aircraft Photo of 55-037 / 50037 | Lockheed GC-130A Hercules (L-182) | USA - Air Force | AirHistory.net #840459
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:55-037
Alternate Serial:50037
Aircraft Original Type:Lockheed L-100 Hercules
Aircraft Generic Type:Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382)
Aircraft Version:Lockheed GC-130A Hercules (L-182)
C/n (msn):182-3064
Operator Titles:USA - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:Rantoul - National Aviation Center / Frank Elliott FieldMap
Region / Country:Illinois, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: -   IATA: -   Local: TIP   Other: -
Collection:Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
 
Photo Date:19 September 1995
Photo by:Glenn Chatfield
Photo ID: 840459
Photo Comment

1957: TOS USAF. By August '58 through 1970: Based in Japan and Okinawa. 1971: 109th Tactical Airlift Squadron (ANG), Minneapolis-Saint Paul Airport. Ca.1974: 167th TAS (ANG), Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, WV. 1976: 180th TAS/139th Tactical Airlift Group (ANG), Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St Joseph, MO. May '84: Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL. Jun '90: Placed on display in Thunderbird Air Park, Chanute AFB. By Jun '93: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL. 31 Oct '15: Chanute Museum closed. 20 May '16: Museum of Missouri Military History, Jefferson City, MO.

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