pt une .< ref ▁name =" d ab ney "> D ab ney , ▁Joseph ▁E . ▁A . ▁" M ating ▁of ▁the ▁Je ep , ▁the ▁T ruck , ▁and ▁the ▁Air plane ." ▁lock he ed mart in . com , ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁Ex cer pt ed ▁from ▁H ER K : ▁Hero ▁of ▁the ▁Sk ies ▁in ▁Lock he ed ▁Martin ▁Service ▁News , ▁Lock he ed ▁Martin ▁Air ▁M ob ility ▁Support ▁ ▁Volume ▁ 2 9 , ▁Issue ▁ 2 , ▁p . ▁ 3 .</ ref > ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁two ▁pro tot ypes ▁were ▁completed , ▁production ▁began ▁in ▁Mar iet ta , ▁Georgia , ▁where ▁over ▁ 2 , 3 0 0 ▁C - 1 3 0 s ▁have ▁been ▁built ▁through ▁ 2 0 0 9 . ▁ ▁The ▁initial ▁production ▁model , ▁the ▁C - 1 3 0 A , ▁was ▁power ed ▁by ▁All ison ▁T 5 6 - A - 9 ▁tur b opro ps ▁with ▁three - bla de ▁prop ellers ▁and ▁originally ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁the ▁bl unt ▁nose ▁of ▁the ▁pro tot ypes . ▁Del iver ies ▁began ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 5 6 , ▁continu ing ▁until ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁C - 1 3 0 B ▁model ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁Some ▁A - models ▁were ▁equ ipped ▁with ▁sk is ▁and ▁re - design ated ▁C - 1 3 0 D . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁C