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1963 |
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Constructed as a C-130E-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA. |
13 February 1963 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 62-1787. |
February 1963 |
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Transferred to 1608th Air Transport (H) Wing (Military Air Transport Service), Charleston AFB, SC. |
January 1966 |
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Transferred to 437th Military Airlift Wing (MATS), Charleston AFB, SC. |
July 1966 |
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Transferred to 316th Tactical Airlift Wing, (Tactical Air Command), Langley AFB, VA.
Deployment to RAF Mildenhall, UK. |
February 1968 |
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Transferred to 314th Tactical Airlift Wing (Pacific Air Forces), Ching Chuan Kang, AB, Taiwan. |
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Deployments to Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam; Naha AB,Japan; Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam; Don Muang AB, Thailand; Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam; U Tapao RTAFB, Thailand. |
September 1971 |
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Transferred to 776th Tactical Airlft Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, Ching Chang Kuan AB, Taiwan. |
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Deployments to Cam Ranh Bay AB, Vietnam; U Tapao RTAFB, Thailand; Takhli RTAFB; Nakhon Phanom RTAFB,Thailand. |
15 April 1972 |
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Damaged.
From NMUSAF: Operating under the call sign Spare 617, the aircrew consisting of Capt. William Caldwell, pilot; Lt. John Hering, co-pilot; Lt. Richard A. Lenz, navigator; Tech. Sgt. Jon Sanders, flight engineer; and loadmasters Tech. Sgt. Charlie Shaub and A1C Dave McAleece attempted to airdrop ammunition to surrounded South Vietnamese troops at An Loc.While approaching the drop zone, Spare 617 received heavy enemy ground fire that killed Sgt Sanders and wounded Lts. Hering and Lenz, damaged two engines, ruptured a bleed air duct in the cargo compartment, and set the ammunition on fire. Sgt. Shaub jettisoned the cargo pallets, which exploded in midair. Despite receiving severe burns from the hot air escaping the damaged air bleed duct, Shaub extinguished a fire in the cargo compartment.Meanwhile, Capt. Caldwell decided to head for Tan Son Nhut Air Base, which had the best medical facilities. Even though his engineer was dead and his co-pilot wounded, Caldwell closed the damaged bleed air duct, and he shut down the two damaged engines. As Caldwell prepared to land with just two engines, the landing gear would not come down, and the wounded and badly burned Sgt. Shaub directed A1C McAleece as he hand-cranked the landing gear down using the emergency extension system. Even though a third engine lost power, Caldwell managed to land Spare 617 safely. For their efforts, Capt. Caldwell and Sgt. Shaub received the Air Force Cross, the U.S. Air Forces second highest award for valor. Shaub also received the William H. Pitsenbarger award for heroism from the AF Sergeants Association. |
March 1974 |
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Base of operations changed.
Clark AFB, Philippines. |
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Deployments to U Tapao RTAFB, Thailand and Kadena AB, Japan. |
October 1975 |
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Transferred to 130th Tactical Airlift Group (Air National Guard), Kanawha County Airport, Charleston, WV.
Deployment to Minneapolis-St.Paul Airport, MN. |
July 1986 |
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Transferred to 154th Training Squadron, 189th Tactical Airlift Group (ANG), Little Rock AFB, AR. |
October 2008 |
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Transferred to 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock, AR.
Last assignment prior to retirement to NMUSAF. |
August 2011 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
5 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
5 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
17 April 2017 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
17 April 2017 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
