345 TAS AIRCRAFT

. Here are a few of the ones I could find pictures of

62-1805 – June 5, 1972: C-130E , c/n 3759, of the 37th Tactical Airlift Squadron, loaned to the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing – crashed in sea near Makung, Taiwan after suffering landing gear explosion while in traffic pattern. Pilot retracted landing gear while brake assembly was overheated. Denied sufficient cooling air after retraction into well, the port aft wheel assembly exploded damaging wheel well bulkhead, rupturing several hydraulic lines, the fluid from which was then ignited by the hot components resulting in loss of control of the aircraft.

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62-1843 December 20, 1965: C-130E , c/n 3805, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron314th Troop Carrier Wing, crashed into hill during approach to Tuy Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, according to Lars OlaussonChris Hobson gives the following account: “…the first Hercules assumed to be lost in the air to enemy action [in Southeast Asia]. The aircraft was attempting to land at Tuy Hoa under a very low cloud base when it was hit by ground fire five miles south of the air base and crashed killing all [five] crew…Enemy action was never actually confirmed to have caused the loss of this aircraft which may have simply flown into high ground in poor visibility.” (Vietnam Air Losses, Page 44). Serial number subsequently assigned to C-130E 64-0506, c/n 3990 in 1973, which was assigned “to another agency” December 31, 1964, and flew Air America missions in support of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operations in Southeast Asia in a “sanitized” condition. Modified to C-130E(I). Reappeared at Hurlburt Field, Florida in the early 1970s, carrying 62–1843 identity, as C-130E(I), redesignated MC-130E in early 1977. Assigned to the 711th Special Operations Squadron at Duke FieldEglin Air Force Base Aux. Field 3, in October 1995, c/n 3990, the faux 62-1843, was still there as of December 2005. The builders plate reads what the Air Force wants it to read, but the airframe hours tell no lies, and the identity is an open secret on the flightline.[77] Seen at Eglin AFB with no markings aside from serials, February 2009.

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62-1852 (MSN 382-3816) 7/63: TOS USAF and assigned to 516th Troop Carrier Wing, 839th Air Division, Dyess AFB, TX. 
By 1974: 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 374th Tactical Airlift Wing, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. 
By 1978: 756th TAS, 459th TAW, Andrews AFB, MD. 
By 4/88 : 96th Airlift Squadron, 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport-Air Reserve Station), MN.
5/04: 327th Airlift Squadron, 913th Operations Group, Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, PA. 
2/06: 314th Airlift Wing, Little Rock AFB, Little Rock, AR. 
To AMARC as CF0313 Sep 1, 2009.  
Seen at Davis-Monthan AMARC on 8/28/2017

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62-1795 (MSN 382-3746) Ca.1963: TOS USAF and assigned to 1608th Air Transport Wing (Military Airlift Command), Charleston AFB, SC.
By 12/27/65: Unit redesignated as 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, SC. 
By 1966: 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart AFB, TN. 
By 3/66: Unit deployed to Ching Chaun Kang Air Base, Taiwan. 
Ca. 5/71: 345th TAS became under 374th Airlift Wing at Ching Chaun Kang Air Base. 
Ca.1974: 130th TAS, West Virginia ANG, Charleston ANGB, WV. 
By 10/87: 154th TAS, Arkansas ANG, Little Rock AFB, AR. now a ground trainer as GC-130E at Sheppard AFB. 
Mark Sublette has this as still active with 154th TAS in 2001.  Noted Mar 2003 as ground trainer with 82nd TRW.  
For sale at auction by Government Liquidation at Sheppard AFB, TX, Oct 11, 2017
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621805 (MSN 382-3759, 374th TAW) crashed into sea near Makung, Pescadores Islands Jun 5, 1972 when landing gear exploded in traffic pattern.

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63-7772 – March 12, 1967: C-130E , c/n 3838, of the 345th Troop Carrier Squadron, crashed on take-off from An Khe, South Vietnam – disturbance by helicopter.

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63-7777

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63-7777 at Kadena AB, December 1974 (Paul Hooper)
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63-7777 at Utapao RTNB, May 1975 (Paul Hooper)
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Many/Quad/Bunch o’ Sevens at AMARC in 2004…today in pieces at Kirtland (Matt Hurley)

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637800

637800 at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. On the way to Australia with a barrier gear for F-111s. 1975 (Madden Photo)
637800 – On the ramp at Yokota AB, sporting her new European One camouflage. Probably around 1983 (Madden Photo)

______________________________________________________________________________63-7802 – September 30, 1974: C-130E  c/n 3868, of the 345th Tactical Airlift Squadron, crashed on landing at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Failure of throttle cable on number four engine was determined to be the cause of the accident. All five flight deck crew members survived by exiting through the pilot and copilot’s swing windows. Loadmaster exited through rear troop door. No fatalities.

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637803

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637811

637811, first aircraft in line, at Yokota AB, Japan. early 1980s (Photo: Madden)
637811 on a hardstand at Clark AB, PI early 1980s (Madden Photo)
637811 C130E on ramp, early 1980s (Madden Photo)

637811

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637812

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637819

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637824

637824 On the ramp at Kadena AB, Okinawa. On the CIRF run shuttling to Korea a and back. 11 August 1981 (Madden Photo)

637824

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637825

637825 at Clark AB, PI 1980s (Madden Photo)
637825 C130E flying past Mt Fuji, Japan around 1980. (Photo by Capt Michael “Radar” Radowski, 345 TAS navigator)

637825

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637840

637840 being loaded with LUU2B flares for a flare mission out of Kadena AB, Okinawa. Around 1982, (Madden Photo)
637840 – On the ramp at Clark AB, Philippines. Will be leaving shortly for Utapao RTNB, Thailand to trade out with Bird Air 26 March 1976 (Madden Photo)

637840

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637859

637859 – On the ramp at Osan AB, Korea, around December 1982. Undergoing a prop change. (Madden photo)

637859

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637864

637864 – On the ground at Djakarta, Indonesia after flying in from Clark AB, Philippines. Crew transport waiting to leave. 4 November 1975. (Madden Photo)

637864

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637865

637865 – On the ramp at Yokota AB, Japan. Early 1980s (Madden Photo)

637865

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637871

637871 – Unloading on Iwo Jima for the USCG LORAN station. 12 July 1975 This aircraft would later be transferred to the 314 TAW at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas. It crashed on 15 April 1978 at Ft Irwin, California, reportedly from a Fin Stall (Madden Photo)

637871

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637877

637877 – Lead ship taking the active runway for a Bamban Tactical training mission at Clark AB, Philippines. 24 March 1982. (Madden Photo)

637877

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637881

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637895

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637897

637897 – Unloading cargo for the USCG LORAN station on Yap Island. 24 March 1976 (Madden Photo)

637897

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637897

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640520

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721289

721289 – On the Yokota AB, Japan ramp Weather C135 behind her. 1975 (Madden Photo)

721289

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721299

721299 – I believe this is at Kadena AB, Okinawa. Waiting for the crew bus (Madden photo)

721299

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