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    The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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  • of children's books Boxcar function, a mathematical function Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, a U.S. military transport aircraft Bockscar, an American aircraft...
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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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    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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    Aeritalia G.222 (redirect from C-27A)
    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, operating first Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcars, then Fairchild C-123 Providers. It was deployed to Vietnam in 1962 as...
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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-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force...
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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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    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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    (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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    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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  • 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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    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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    title. The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar was the subject of the 2004 remake of Flight of the Phoenix, using the descendant design of the C-82 Packet of...
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    1972 – 31 July 1996 Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1942–1945 Fairchild C-82 Packet, 1952–1953 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, 1953–1954 C-130A Hercules, 1963–1971...
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    The Italian Air Force (AMI), who sought a replacement for the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, felt that the G.222 proposal had merit and placed an order...
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    occupants were killed. August 23, 1955: A USAF Kaiser-Frazer Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar impacted a tree and crashed after a takeoff for a night flight...
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