This C-9B was delivered to the US Navy on 28 October 1982 and assigned to VR-59 as RY-530 VR-59. It flew around with the name 'City of Grand Prairie' up to October 2000. Was then transferred to VR-46 as JS-530 with the name 'City of Rosewell'. In September 2012, the Nightingale was moved to VR-61 and in February 2014 the aircraft was transfered to the US Marine Corps where it served VMR-1 up to April 2017. It was withdrawn from use at Mojave (CA) in June 2017. Together with sistership 161529, 530 brought a visit to the Netherlands in support of the US Marine Corps music band.