Delivered on 14 November 2012, just ten days before this picture was taken, 2803 was one of the first pair delivered, bought to augment Grupo 6' fleet of C-130H Hercules. Small pieces of white plastic worn on its delivery flight can still be seen on the aft fuselage.

Damaged in a hard landing at Cochabamba on 2 October 2013, causing some tires to explode, and hitting the propblades, some of which broke off and pierced the fuselage. The prop had been replaced, when I was allowed to make this picture. The holes in the fuselage proved more problematic, but were eventually repaired.

Delivered on 14 November 2012, just ten days before this picture was taken, 2803 was one of the first pair delivered, bought to augment Grupo 6' fleet of C-130H Hercules. Traces of white plastic worn on its delivery flight can still be seen on top of the wings and near the rudder.

Ex USAF 49-1665, became N6083C in 1958. Converted to T-28R-1 Nomair and sold to Brazilian Navy as N-705 in Oct 1962, then transferred to Brazilian Air Force as 0864 in Jan 1965. Sold to the Dominican Air Force as FAD 2803 in the late 1960s or early 1970s, as seen here. Sold to Seagull Enterprises (W. Willard) in Mar 1977, ferried to the U.S. as HI-282. Became as N64785, then to N665DB in 1989. To N665PB in late 1991 and still current as such by 2023.