May 18, 2025
C-119 Flying Boxcar
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C-119 Flying Boxcar
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A Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar" seen parked at South Big Horn County Airport, Wyoming
Paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team put on parachutes and "Mae West" life preservers before boarding a C-119 "Flying Boxcar," en route to Korea from southern Japan, on July 2, 1953.
Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations Series: Black and White Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessors' Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign
Image description: 13 men are outdoors, next to a C-119 airplane. They are all in various stages of putting on parachutes, life preservers, and other equipment. Nearby is a truck with an open bed.
Image description: Zoomed-in portion of previous photo, showing the men in more detail. One is helping another fasten his life preserver around his neck; another is buckling a strap around his leg; another is lifting up a packed parachute to sling on his back.
Based on Lockheed’s four-engine turboprop transport and weaponized by Boeing, the deadly AC-130 “aerial battleship” had humble beginnings.
Douglas FC-47D tail no. 0-48579—the original “Puff the Magic Dragon”—carried three 7.62mm GE miniguns in makeshift mounts. (U.S. Air Force)
An AC-47’s miniguns, each firing at a rate of 6,000 rounds per minute, unleash on Viet Cong positions. (U.S. Air Force)
With its armament of twin 40mm cannons and a pair of 20mm rotary guns, this Spectre awaits its next mission in a revetment at Thailand’s Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force)
4th Special Operations Squadron crewmen operate an AC-130U’s 105mm gun. (U.S. Air Force)
To supplement the AC-130 in Vietnam, the Fairchild AC-119G and K were developed. (U.S. Air Force)
An AC-130H from the 16th Special Operations Squadron heads out on another mission. (U.S. Air Force)
Fairchild C-119B Flying Boxcar cn10301. 1185 were built. Multi-role aircraft designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute Superseded the C-82 Packet
"Project Gunship III" by Mark Karvon, link
"Gunships were used during the Vietnam War to support ground troops and disrupt supply lines. The AC-119K Stinger was developed as part of Project Gunship III. Outfitted with heavy armament and classified sensing equipment, the Stinger was used extensively to destroy trucks bringing supplies to North Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. Its two M61AI 20mm multi-barrel Gattling cannons provided devastating firepower for truck busting. To provide extra power to haul the heavy armament, the airplane was fitted with two J85 jet engines in addition to the standard radials. This print depicts the Stinger in a daylight mission over Laos circa 1970."
Fairchild C-119 at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
Poor Cabs… He needs more than just a hug.