C-131A (T-29B) "Samaritan"

The C-131A was equipped for casualty evacuation and the airlift of either litter or ambulatory patients, accommodating a maximum of 27 litter or 32 ambulatory patients. First delivered to the Military Air Transport Service on April 1, 1954, it was responsible for the aeromedical evacuation of thousands of sick and wounded military personnel, many of whom were brought to Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center. The C-131A was one of several aircraft used by the 375th Aeromedical Airlift Wing in domestic and Intratheater Military Airlift Command Systems, and a total of 26 C-131A aircraft were built. The C-131A Samaritan, designed for aeromedical evacuation, is represented by the T-29B from which the C-131 was developed, the first of the Convair 240/340/440 series produced for the U.S. Air Force.

Lackland AFB, Texas · United States