Sold in Vanuatu as YJ-RV19 in August 1987. Peter Ricketts photo

Built as a KC-135A, modified to EC-135H and assigned to the 7120th Airborne Command and Control Squadron in mid-1967. The Airborne Command Post was moved to RAF Mildenhall to fly with the 10th ACCS, to support the United States Commander-in-Chief, Europe. The squadron was inactivated at the end of 1991. 61-0262 was transferred to the 4th ACCS and was later on modified to GEC-135H and assigned to the 82nd TRW as a ground instructional airframe at Sheppard AFB (TX).

The USAFE accepted by Nov'85 18x C-23A Sherpas, all assigned to the 10th Military Airlift Squadron, Zweibrücken (Germany), known by call sign "Pockey". After the end of the Cold War, US EUCOM reduced its footprint and the 10th MAS was deactivated. 8x C-23As were handed over to the US Army. This 84-0465 was not handed over to the US Army but became a civil plane as N172Z with the US Forest Service in Mar'91. Later reregistered to N188LM with US Bureau of Land Management in Nov'91, to Marian Aviation Corporation in Dec'02, as N330FA with Freedom Air in Ap'04 and then withdrawn at Guam in 2013.

The USAFE accepted by Nov'85 18x C-23A Sherpas, all assigned to the 10th Military Airlift Squadron, Zweibrücken (Germany), known by call sign "Pockey". After the end of the Cold War, US EUCOM reduced its footprint and the 10th MAS was deactivated. 8x C-23As were handed over to the US Army. This 84-0467 was amongst these and served the Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal (AL). Later-on it was passed on to the Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate Flight Activity at NAS Lakehurst (NJ). It was withdrawn in 2013. Scrapped by Red Bank Recycling & Auto Wreckers company (NJ) by late 2021.

Delivered in September, 1953 to National as CV340-38 N8414H. Cvtd to CV580 February, 1969. Other regns worn as CV340 include CC-C-LCD and CC-CBJ...and as CV580 C-GTAO, N362Q and OB-1535.