Ca.Jul 60: TOS USMC as GV-1; assigned to VMGR-352, MCAS El Toro, CA. Apr '62: Began supporting operations in Vietnam with missions to haul materials used to build up Soc Trang (located Southeast of Saigon) as a base for helicopter combat operations. 6 Jul 62: Redesignated KC-130F. By Oct '70: VMGR-152, Okinawa. Deployments to South Vietnam supporting combat operations. By 1983: VMGR-234, NAS Glenview, IL. By Oct 95: VMGRT-253, MCAS Cherry Point, NC. UNK: VX-20, NAS Patuxent River, MD. 30 Nov 05: SOC.

Mar '57: TOS USAF and assigned to 774th Troop Carrier Squadron/463rd Troop Carrier Wing, Ardmore AFB, OK. Was one of the Four Horsemen Demonstration Team. Ca.1967: 35th Tactical Airlift Squadron, Naha Air Base, Okinawa. Later to 303rd TAS, Richards-Gebaur AFB, MO.; 95th TAS/440th Tactical Airlift Wing, Milwaukee, WI ; 64th TAS/928th Airlift Wing (AFRES), O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL. Aug '89: TBM Inc, Redmond, OR with c/r N473TM. Operated as Fire Service #63. 13 Mar 15: Castle Air Museum Foundation Inc, Atwater, CA. 23 Nov 15; Ferried to Castle Air Museum Foundation Inc.

13 Sep '56: TOS USAF as C-130A. Ca.1966: 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, Naha Air Base, Okinawa. Mar'68: While flying in operation Blind Bat in Vietnam, aircraft suffered serious damage from anti-aircraft fire, including inflight fire inside and outside aircraft. Sent back to USA. Nov'68 to Jun'69: Extensive repairs by Lockheed, converted to NC-130A. Feb'71: 21st TAS, Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan. Dec'73: 64th TAS/928th Airlift Wing (AFRES), O'Hare Airport, Chicago, IL. By Apr'89: 176th TFS (ANG), Truax Field ANGB, WI. 19 Oct 89: Ferried to Dyess AFB, TX for Texas Museum of Military History.

10 Mar' 55: Factory rollout; first production C-130A. 7 Apr '55: First flight. 28 October '58: TOS USAF. Sep '59: Converted to JC-130. Jul '61: 6515th Test Squadron. Mar '68: 4413th Combat Crew Training Squadron, England AFB. Dec '68: Converted to AC-130A. Mar '69: 16th Special Operations Squadron/8th Tactical Fighter Wing, Ubon Royal Thai AFB. 27 Mar '69 to May '71: Suffered flack damage. May '71: Converted to different weaponry. Assigned for training gunship crews. Ca.1981: Upgraded to 4-bladed props. 10 Sep '96: Ferried to Air Force Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, FL

Became later 9Q-CKO with Air Kasai.

Crashed at Borth, Wales following a mid-air collision with Hawk T1 XX291 on 14th June 1989.

1978: TOS USAF and assigned to the 81st Tactical Fighter Wing at RAF Brentwaters, UK. By 1/86: 45th Tactical Fighter Squadron/434th Tactical Fighter Wing (AFRES), Grissom AFB, IN. (434th TFG later renamed 930th TFG). 22 Jan 1993: AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ as AC0170.

1974: TOS USN. By 1977: Attack Squadron 95 (VA-95), NAS Whidbey Island, WA. 1982: VA-34, NAS Oceana, VA. 1985: VA-65, NAS Oceana. 1987: Returned to VA-34. 1994: VA-128, NAS Whidbey Island. 18 October 1994: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

Ca. 1971: TOS USN. 2 Feb 1975: Jet Transition Training Unit, NAS Kingsville, TX. 12 Aug 1975: Training Squadron 22 (VT-22), Kingsville. 6 Apr 1979: VT-25, NAS Chase Field, TX. 8/81: VT-22.. 14 Jun 1993: Overturned on landing and was written off. In this photo it wears a 75th Anniversary of the Navy paint scheme.

Ca.1963: TOS USN. Served with VMA-211, VMA-223 (Vietnam), VMA-121 (Vietnam), and VMA-311.1972: VMAT-102, MCAS Yuma. 1975: VMA-124, NAS Memphis, TN. 1987: VFA-45, NAS Cecil Field, FL. 8 March 1994: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage and later dismantled. It was eventually acquired by the Albany, OR airport as a restoration project.

Now preserved at the Army Aviation museum, Oakey, Queensland.