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Lockheed Martin® C-130B Hercules®, 6594th Test Group, 21″ Mahogany Scale Model

$319.00

A carefully crafted Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules Model of the 6594th Test Group – a perfect display to capture your time with the legendary squadron!  Each model is made of solid wood and hand painted to provide exceptional quality.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 21 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

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6594th Test Group JC-130B Model

A carefully crafted Lockheed Martin C-130B Hercules Model of the 6594th Test Group – a perfect display to capture your time with the legendary squadron!  Each model is made of solid wood and hand painted to provide exceptional quality.

  • Length – 16 inches
  • Wingspan – 21 inches
  • Made from Mahogany
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Official Licensed by Lockheed Martin
  • The product is not intended to be used by children 12 years and younger.

LOCKHEED MARTIN®, C-130 Hercules®, associated emblems and logos, and body designs of vehicles are either registered trademarks or
trademarks of Lockheed Martin Corporation in the USA and/or other jurisdictions, used under license by Squadron Nostalgia LLC

The 6594th Test Group was a United States Air Force Unit stationed in Hawaii at Hickam Air Force Base from 1958 until it was inactivated in 1986.

The 6594th Test Group was established in 1958 to support U.S. Air Force Systems Command missile and space development operations in the Western Pacific area. It also provided support to the U.S. Coast Guard and Honolulu Joint Rescue Coordination Center on an as-available, non-interference basis.

Large portions of the Test Group’s mission were classified until 1995 when information concerning Project CORONA was declassified. The 6594th was largely concerned with retrieving film canisters, about the size of a garbage can, in midair that had been ejected from some of the United States’ earliest spy satellites.

These canisters were among the first objects sent into space that were designed to survive re-entry. Upon entering the ionosphere, they could resemble a shooting, or falling, star. Thus, the unit’s motto “To Catch a Falling Star”.

Because retrieval occurred over water in the Pacific, rescue swimmers were a standard part of the mission crew. Thus, when the 6594th was not busy with their primary mission, they were often available to support the US Coast Guard and other agencies in Search and Rescue (SAR) missions. The 6594th Test Group had one of the best records for open water rescues in the U.S. Air Force.

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