Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules, 162312 / 382-4984, National Science Foundation
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Registration: 162312
Construction Number: 382-4984
Model Lockheed EC-130Q Hercules
Operator: National Science Foundation
Airport: Mojave (MHV / KMHV), USA - California
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 07/05/1993
Date Submitted: 23/03/2009
This very anonymous looking Herc was photographed at Mojave in 1993. An EC-130Q TACAMO (Take Charge and Move Out) this version had a permanently installed VLF radio transmitter system used to supplement shorebased communications facilities and acted as a strategic communications aircraft, communicating with ballistic-missile submarines. She was retired to AMARC on 18 February 1992 and allocated the Inventory Code 2G0018. She's now flying for the National Science Foundation as N130AR and is used for atmospheric research.
Picture ID:1164546