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| Andrews AFB based VC-121A 48-611 visiting Scott AFB on September 15, 1966 (Stephen Miller) | Derelict with the end appearing near at Santo Domingo on March 2, 2003 (Javier F. Bobadillar) | An amazing photo! HI-393 back on all three landing gear on June 11, 2007 (Mike Mumford) |
- Final registration - HI-393
- Delivered to USAF December 1948 as C-121A 48-611
- Flew the Westover AFB-Rhein-Main route in support of the Berlin Airlift
- Converted to a VC-121A in ~1950 and flew VIP missions for the remainder of its USAF career
- Retired by USAF and flown to Davis Monthan AFB for storage April 1968
- Sold to Kolar, Inc at DoD auction on June 17, 1971
- To Aero Tech, Inc on September 23, 1971
- To Aviation Specialties, Inc on September 26, 1972 for conversion as an agricultural sprayer
- Registered N611AS on March 26, 1973
- Stored at Mesa, AZ from late 1976.
- To Globe Air Inc April 1981
- To Argo SA November 1981 as HI-393
- Argo SA ceased operations February 1983 and aircraft stored at Santo Domingo, DR
- Restored during 1987 but never re-entered service
- Stored in good condition at Santo Domingo in February 1991
- All engines and propellers sold to Vern Raburn in October 1994 for repair of the MATS Connie, N494TW
- Derelict at Santo Domingo March 2004...airport authorities plan to scrap this and other derelict aircraft stored at the airport
- Aircraft still at Santo Domingo in December 2006 in derelict condition
- Aircraft back on the tarmac on all three landing gear April 2007
- Reported plans underway to restore aircraft but this never happened
- Aircraft noted back in the boneyard on its tail April 5, 2016
- Google Earth image showed aircraft in boneyard on September 14, 2021
- Missing from June 2023 Google Earth image and presumed scrapped in 2022/23 timeframe
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