C-119C "Flying Boxcar"

Developed from the World War II Fairchild C-82, the C-119 was designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to drop cargo and troops by parachute. The first C-119 made its initial flight in November 1947, and by the time production ceased in 1955, more than 1,100 C-119s had been built. The Air Force used the airplane extensively during the Korean War, and many were supplied to the Navy and Marine Corps and to the Air Forces of Canada, Belgium, Italy and India. In South Vietnam, the airplane entered combat again in a ground support role as AC-119 gunships mounting side-firing weapons capable of firing up to 6,000 rounds per minute per gun. This C-119C is part of the U.S.A.F. Heritage Program Collection.

Lackland AFB, Texas · United States