| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 63-7785 |
| Alternate Serial: | 37785 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Lockheed L-100 Hercules |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Lockheed C-130 Hercules (L-082/182/282/382) |
| Aircraft Version: | Lockheed MC-130E Hercules (L-382) |
| C/n (msn): | 382-3991 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| City / Airport: | WhenuapaiMap |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: NZWP IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 25 November 1981 |
| Photo from: | Augusto Laghi Collection |
| Photo ID: | 761263 |
| Photo Comment |
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Photographer R.A. London - Real serial 64-0507 operated by 1 SOS / 18 TFW- C-130E delivered to USAF Sep64. Struck off inventory 31Dec64. Transferred to'another agency' (CIA), and sanitized (stripped of all identifying marks and data plates to ensure deniability if the plane was lost on discrete operations). Registered N76694 - The plane was renumbered and brought back into the USAF inventory as 63-7785. This aircraft had actually been destroyed during the Vietnam War, and official records were altered to show that it had been repaired and placed back into service as a MC-130E Combat Talon This photo was added on 23 December 2024, and has since been viewed 244 times. |