On August 23, 1954, the C-130 prototype, designated YC-130, made its first flight from the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank, California. While the two prototypes were made in California, every production C-130 has been manufactured in Marrietta, Georgia, at the facility erected by Bell Aircraft to build B-29s during World War II. The 328th Airlift Squadron at the Niagara Falls Airport, located just across the runway from the museum, flew the C-130 for 46 years, from 1971 to 2017, before converting to the KC-135 Stratotanker.
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