Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
It was only experimental and designed in response to the failed hostage rescue in Tehran. I think a Lockheed crew crashed it at Dobbins later.
GF
The HTTB (High Technology Test Bed) was a different plane, different animal - although some of the technology from the Credible Sport program was incorporated. It was crashed by a Lockheed test crew exploring Vmcg and using a fly-by-wire system that turned out to be malfunctioning in '93.
Of the original Credible Sport planes (YMC-130), two were originally modified to this configuration. One crashed during testing and a third began modification, but the program was terminated before full mod and it was de-modified - I believe it went back to Dyess. The remaining one is at Robins ARB in their airpark, but has been deemed unworthy of saving and will likely be chopped up unfortunately. I saw it back in '08 and it was in pretty poor condition. An ignoble ending to an incredible chapter.