C.n. 3104 USAF 56-0496, delivered June 1956, camera ship for film "The Hunters", 1958, at least four unit assignments through March 1989 including 483rd TCW(?), January 1963, 315th AD, September 1964, same December 1964, 817th TAS, tailcode YU, 1968, and 95th TAS, tailcode MK, September 1972, same, in lizard scheme, October 1985, same March 1989. Registered N8053R to Hawkins & Powers, May 1989. Registered to Roy D. Reagan, August 1989, reregistered N45R, June 1990. Registered to Aero Firefighting Service, December 1990, same March 1991; reregistered N134FF (never painted on), March 1991. Leased to Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, California, July 1993, "stored, parts", August 1993. Still as N8053R, March 2000. Stored at Hemet Ryan Airfield, June 2002. Sold to International Air Response, March 2006.
C.n. 3115 USAF 56-0507, delivered July 1957, at least seven unit assignments through March 1989, including 314th TCW, July 1957, 322nd AD, 1960, same July 1962, 317th TCW, December 1963, same April 1965, 706th TAS, tailcode NO, 1971, 328th TAS, tailcode MI, September 1972, same February 1973, 328th TAS, January 1976, same, in lizard scheme, October 1982, same January 1986. Final USAF assignment was with 95th TAS, March 1987, same March 1989. Registered N8055R to Hawkins & Powers, May 1989, then registered to Roy D. Reagan, August 1989, same October 1989. Reregistered N45S, June 1990. Registered to Hawkins & Powers, December 1990, (at Greybull, Wyoming, October 1990); stored for parts, August 1993, same December 1993. Registered N4172Q, November 1994, still wearing "AFRES 60507", October 1996. Reregistered N132HP to Pride Capital Group, September 2005.
C.n. 3119 - C-130A USAF 56-0511, delivered July 1957, assignments with 314th TCW, July 1957, 322nd AD, June 1963, 314th TCW, April 1964, 317th TCW, August 1965, same, January 1967, 40th TAS, tailcode OB, September 1969, 21st TAS, then 142nd TAS, tailcode WG, October 1971, same, September 1984, 180th TAS, November 1986, 186th FIS, 120th FIG, MT ANG, July 1987, same, April 1988. At Marana, AZ., conversion to water bomber, March 1990. At Greybull, October 1990. Registered to Hemet Valley Flying Service, N132FF, tanker 83, July 1992, ops for Spanish Forest Protection Institute, ICONA, leased and operated by ag aviation company FAASA, October 1993, tanker 83. Registered N132FF to Aero Firefighting Service Co., Orange, CA., January 1997, (October 1997, still tanker 83, lizard scheme, red fin), leased to International Air Response = T&G Aviation, November 1998, not flying; stored flyable at Chandler, AZ., still as tanker 83, March 2000, still tanker 83, June 2003, same November 2005. Sold to IAR, moved from Chandler to Coolidge, AZ., March 2006.
C.n. 3138 - C-130A USAF 56-0530, delivered October 1957, to TEMCO, Majors Field, Texas, October 1957, modified to C-130A-II. With 7406th CCS, September 1958, same, 1970. Revert to C-130A, December 1974, to 314th TAS, December 1972, 303th TAS, April 1973, same, January 1974, to 195th TAS, tailcode AG, January 1974, same, May 1974, to 155th TAS, tailcode MT, October 1974. To 109th TAS, July 1975, same, September 1981, to 356th TAS, November 1981, in lizard scheme, August 1983, same, January 1986. With 142nd FIG, September 1986, 143rd TAS, December 1986. To AMARC, CF064, February 1987, same, November 1987. Registered N131FF to US Forest Service, June 1988, registered to Hemet Valley Flying Service, August 1988, then reregistered to Michael Zicka Leasing Co., September 1989. Registered to Aero Firefighting Service, July 1990, same November 1990. Leased to Hemet, June 1991, subleased to Securité Civile, France, August 1993, tanker 81. Back to Aero Firefighting Service, December 1993, same September 1995, with CDF, March 1998, tanker 81 with white scheme, red cheat line. Leased to International Air Response, IAR, ex-T&G Aviation, not flying, March 2000, still as tanker 81, stored flyable at Chandler, AZ., November 2005, as tanker 81. Sold to IAR, March 2006.
C.n. 3142 USAF 56-0534, delivered November 1957, to TEMCO, December 1957, modified to C-130A-II, with 7406th CSS, August 1958, same March 1964. Revert to C-130A, December 1972, to 711th TAS, Duke Field, Florida, QB tailcode, October 1972, same May 1973, then to 303rd TAS, July 1973, 133rd TAS, October 1973, 109th TAS, August 1975, same September 1981, 356th TAS, December 1981, lizard scheme, September 1982, same September 1986. To AMARC CF060, September 1986, same November 1987. Registered N132FF to US Forest Service, June 1988, registered to Hemet Valley Flying Service, August 1988, to Hawkins & Powers, January 1989, reregistered N131HP, February 1989, as Tanker 131. Same July 1995, November 1998. Stored at Greybull, October 2003, registered N131HP to Pride Capital Group, September 2005, sold to International Air Response, December 2006, delivered February 2007, as of March 2007 registration N131HP transfer pending to IAR.
C.n. 3145 USAF 56-0537, modified to WC-130A, March 1967, back to C-130A, April 1971, last unit was 95th TAS, as of January 1989. Registered to Roy D. Reagan, N537TM, August 1989, then reregistered N130RR, February 1990. Registered to Pacific Harbor Capital Inc., Portland, Oregon, December 1990. To T&G Aviation, February 1991; offered for sale, March 1991. Reregistered N119TG, April 1991, (no water bomber as of February 1992), at Marana, February 1993. Leased to Aero Postal, Mexico, registered XA-RSG, 1993, then registered to Pacific Harbor, February 1993 (I can't explain the dual registration - I'll have to look further into this...). Seized in bankruptcy proceedings, July 1993, same October 1993. Registered N119TG to Pacific Harbor, December 1993. Reregistered N537UN, June 1994, stored at Pinal Air Park, Marana, Arizona, November 1994. Sold to Heavylift International, March 1995, for sale, August 1995, still at Marana, November 1998. Props and engines sold. Sold by Bush Field Aircraft Corporation to Aero Corporation, December 1998. Stored at Marana, January 1991, then at K-Tek, near AMARC, March 2000, dismantled, with wings, et cetera, nearby. Same November 2001. At Dross Metal Inc., Tucson, Arizona, scrapyard, December 2002, same March 2005.
C.n. 3146 USAF 56-0538, modified to C-130A-II. With the 7406th CSS, January 1959, same July 1964. Revert to C-130A; assigned 317th TAW, May 1968. With 109th TAS, tailcode MG, then 139th TAS, tailcode SG, December 1972. With 133rd TAS, tailcode NH, September 1973, then 109th TAS, January 1976, same September 1981, to 356th TAS, November 1982, same July 1986. To AMARC CF061, November 1986, same November 1987. To U.S. Forest Service. Registered N134FF to Hemet Valley Flying Service, August 1988. Reregistered to Hawkins & Powers, December 1988. Reregistered N130HP, February 1989; modified with fixed 2x1500 US gallon retardent tanks, eight drop doors, August 1990; as tanker T130, November 1998, tanker 130, November 2000. Wing broke during firefighting near Walker, California, 17 June2002, fatigue.
