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| Keywords: DC-130A VC-3 taking off from Point Mugu 1983.JPEG A U S Navy Lockheed DC-130A Hercules BuNo 570497 assigned to Composite Squadron VC-3 Bloodhounds at Naval Air Station Point Mugu California USA on 27 January 1983 carrying BQM-34S Firebee drones This aircraft had been delieverd to the U S Air Force as an C-130A-45-LM in 1957 and was retired on 8 January 1979 It was transferred to the U S Navy on 13 March 1979 and converted to a DC-130A drone control aircraft Curiously it kept its USAF serial number and was not assigned a regular USN BuNo It became the oldest C-130 in US military service and was even deployed to Iraq in 2003 It was finally retired to the AMARC as 2G0055 on 27 June 2007 http //www defenseimagery mil U S DefenseImagery photo VIRIN http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN DNSC8404495 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/DN-SC-84-04495 JPG DN-SC-84-04495 1983-01-27 PHAN Sherry DeLong USN PD-USGov-Military-Navy DC-130A Hercules Pacific Missile Test Center Point Mugu Ryan Firebee Fleet Composite Squadron 3 United States Navy | ||||
