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53-7885 —

Submitted 6 years ago

Lockheed VC-121E 53-7885 Super Constellation Columbine III at the Air Force Museum on August 19, 1972. Its Lockheed construction number is 4151. It was ordered by the US Navy as R7V-1 BuN 131650, but it was completed for the Air Force as VC-121E 53-7885. It was delivered to the Air Force in September 1954 as Columbine III. It was replaced as the presidential transport by a VC-137A in January 1961.It was retired from Air Force service in April 1966 and was transferred to the Air Force Museum on April 20, 1966.

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