Short C-23A Sherpa, 83-0512 / SH3100, US Air Force
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Registration: 83-0512
Construction Number: SH3100
Code Number: ED
Military Unit: AFFTC / 412 TW
Model Short C-23A Sherpa
Operator: US Air Force
Airport: Edwards AFB (EDW / KEDW), USA - California
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 07/05/1993
Date Submitted: 21/12/2008
Not a run-of-the-mill Shed this! This was the first of 18 Sherpas built making its first flight on August 6 1984 registered G-BLLJ. It was operated in Germany assigned to the 10th Military Airlift Squadron at Zweibrucken AB. 10 MAS operated 18 C-23s from 1984-1991, their mission being to distribute spare parts throughout the European theater. After the fall of the Berlin Wall the C-23s returned to the USA & four were used at Edwards AFB for various test duties. The type was described by one USAF test pilot as "the ugliest aircraft ever designed by man or God." Personally, I think thats a little unfair! 83-0512 was retired to AMARC on December 18 1997 but left there on 11 May 1999 to take up a civilian career with Sky Way Enterprises Inc as N118SW.
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