The C-141C on display, serial number 65-0248, was delivered to the USAF in April 1966. Notably, this aircraft was the last C-141 to undergo Programmed Depot Maintenance at Robins AFB in December 2003.
Lockheed C-141C
Starlifter
The C-141 was introduced to replace slower propeller driven cargo planes such as the C-124 Globemaster II and C-133 Cargomaster. It first flew in 1963. Production deliveries of an eventual 285 planes began in 1965. The aircraft remained in service for over 40 years until the USAF withdrew the last C-141s from service in 2006, after replacing the airlifter with the C-17 Globemaster III.