The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era...
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Trail. The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar presented an obvious choice, having been phased out of front-line service in favor of the C-123 and C-130, and...
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Fairchild XC-120 Packplane was an American experimental modular aircraft first flown in 1950. It was developed from the company's C-119 Flying Boxcar...
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the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. In 1946, the United States Postal Service explored the concept of flying post offices using highly modified C-82s,...
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contracts. The C-82 Packet led to the C-119 Flying Boxcar, another U.S. military transport aircraft. The C-119 could carry cargo, personnel, stretcher patients...
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(not built) Douglas C-74 Globemaster Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas XTB2D Skypirate Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild XC-120 Packplane Goodyear...
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was able to remain profitable after the war by manufacturing the C-119 Flying Boxcar, an upgraded version of the Packet which incorporated more powerful...
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stadium. Flying Boxcars was announced as the team name on July 20, 2023. The name honors Fairchild Aircraft's production of C-82 and C-119 cargo planes...
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1955 Altensteig mid-air collision (category Accidents and incidents involving the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar)
Force Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcars collided and crashed three miles from Altensteig in West Germany. The aircraft were part of a formation of nine C-119s...
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the 435th's mission, personnel, and equipment. The wing flew Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar troop carrier transports. The wing moved to Charleston Air Force...
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technique: The first use of midair retrieval was in 1955, with Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar transports being used to recover Ryan AQM-34 Firebee target...
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357th Troop Carrier Squadron. The squadron was reactivated as a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar reserve squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base in 1959. It moved...
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Destroyer Douglas DC-7 Douglas XB-19 Douglas XB-31 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild AC-119 Grumman F8F Bearcat (See the Rare Bear) Hawker Sea Fury...
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later model engines that powered the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar during the Vietnam War, a custom built combination of the Wright...
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Squadron and trained as an airlift squadron with Curtiss C-46 Commando and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft until 1970, and returned to the airlift mission...
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The Fairchild C-26 "Metroliner" is the designation for the Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner series twin turboprop aircraft in the service of the United...
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organized to support the 705th. The group was one of three Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar groups assigned to the 446th Troop Carrier Wing in 1963, the...
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Preliminary Air Tanker Crash Report". Flying. Retrieved 26 July 2017. Carver, Lt. Col. Robert (3 July 2012). "ANG announces C-130 crash victims". US Air Force...
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54-0683 – Air Force Flight Test Museum, California, C-123K sitting alongside a C-119 Flying Boxcar on an unused runway south of the air base. This aircraft...
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Force (AMI), who was at the time seeking a replacement for the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, felt that the Fiat Aviazione proposal had merit, and placed...
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(later Donaldson Air Force Base), South Carolina, receiving Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar aircraft the following month. The wing began tactical training...
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Stratosphere, an Autobot Air-Soldier who transforms into a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar cargo plane, that provides transportation for the Autobots in...
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International Airport, Oregon. The squadron flew the Curtiss C-46 Commando and the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, and in September 1958 flew the first reserve mission...
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(On Mark Marksman conversion) Douglas C-47 Douglas DC-4 Douglas DC-6A/B Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairchild C-123B And K Provider Helio Courier and...
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Namao in 1955, flying the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. The unit was re-equipped with the C-130B Hercules in 1960 and upgraded to the C-130E in 1966....
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Force Base, North Carolina, where it successively flew Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars and Fairchild C-123 Providers. It deployed to Vietnam as part of Project...
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rather from a military surplus tail boom originally part of a Fairchild C-119 'Flying Boxcar' transport aircraft. It has a stereotypical 1920s streamlined...
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Douglas DC-4 variants McDonnell F2H Banshee Vought F4U Corsair Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Fairey Firefly Gloster Meteor Grumman F7F Tigercat Grumman F9F...
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getting closer to. As a result, the C-119 remained an anomaly, and most successful post-war transports, such as the C-130 Hercules, reverted to a single...
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