This was the C-130A I was assigned to (Silver Bird) while I was in 21st E-Flight in 68-69. That is in between Cam Rahn, Tan Son Nuht, & Ubon Blind Bats
Lockheed C-130A 56000503 3111 14 June 67 ex 317TCW, Lockbourne
AFB, OH
Service history: transferred from the 317th TCW, Lockbourne AFB, OH, to the 374th
TCW, Naha, on 24 May 67 (67144); based at Cam Ranh Bay between 12 and 14 June
67 (67163-65); back to Naha on 14 June 67, most probably to E-Flight/21st TCS; to
REC2-service with the 374th TCW, Naha, between 21 June and 9 September 67
(67172-252), that is probably bailed to Air America on 21 June 67; on 31
December 67, the Wing became 374th TAW, Naha; to WRAAR, Naha, for overhaul
between 31 March and 11 April 68 (68091-102); transferred to the 51st Fighter
Interceptor Wing, Naha, for maintenance, between 28 May and 10 June 68 (68149-
62); possibly used by Air America out of Takhli (T-05) in December 68 as 605;
delivered to Lockheed Martin Aircraft Center, Greenville, SC, for overhaul on 18
April 69 (69108); arrived there on 22 April 69; redelivered from Greenville to the
374th TAW, Naha, on 24 July 69 (69205), reentering CA-service at Naha on 30
August 69 (69242); used by Air America out of Takhli (T-05) in November and
December 69; to E-Flight/21st TAS/F2-service, that is believed bailed to Air
America between 31 January and 10 June 70 (70031-70161); transferred for VKmaintenance
to the 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, Naha, between 9 and 21 July 70
(70190-202); then back to the 374th TAW, Naha; no other rotations or movements in
1967-1970.21
Fate: transferred to 139th TAS, Schenectady County Airport, NY, on 19 April 71
(71109, that is much later than the other 374th TAW C-130As); to AMARC, Davis-
Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ, in December 91 as CF101; current in October 97.