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C-119

1950's -- C-119 Flying Boxcars from the 314th Troop Carrier Group in Japan do not fly to Korea unless weather reports are good. They must be able to see the tiny drop zone for combat cargo on the peak before they can drop. In radio contact with the "men on mountains," the pilots circle hoping for a break in clouds and drop on lower slopes. The planes have had to return to Japan as many as three times without dropping cargo, but the pilots are persistent, and eventually drop successfully.

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C-119

1940'S -- C-119

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C-119A

1940'S -- C-119A

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C-119J Flying Boxcar

On Aug. 19, 1960, a C-119J Flying Boxcar made the world's first midair recovery of a capsule returning from orbit when it "snagged" the parachute lowering the Discoverer XIV satellite at 8,000 feet altitude, 360 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft recovered a Corona capsule returning from Space, and was specially modified for the mid-air retrieval. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-12 Huron

C-12 Huron

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C-123 Provider

C-123 Provider, history spotlight graphic (U.S. Air Force graphic)

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C-123 Provider

C-123 Provider, history spotlight graphic

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C-124 Globemaster

1950s -- Flashing through the sky above a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster, F-84G Thunderjets of the 27th Fighter Escort Wing arrive at a Japan Air Defense Force base in northern Japan after completing a trans-Pacific flight. The F-84s flew 7,800 miles from their home base to Japan and set a new record for over-water flight by single engine fighter aircraft. They flew the last 2,575 miles of their trip using in-flight refueling, October 1952. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-130

1960s -- C-130 airlift aircraft from Tactical Air Command carry out operations on a forward dirt assault landing zone, bringing in supplies and equipment for forces in U.S. Strike Command's Joint Exercise GoldFire I. First Infantry Division trucks in the foreground, previously flown in, are typical of cargo carried in these aircraft during the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-130

1960's -- A U.S. Air Force C-130 transport turns at the end of the short runway at Bam Bleh, Vietnam. The transport was one of several taking troops of the First Cavalry Division back to their base camp at An Khe after an operation. Air Force aircraft made daily flights to fields like this one carrying troops and supplies to front line units. 23 November 1966 (Air Force Photo)

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C-130 Hercules

1990's -- A C-130 Hercules transport aircraft from the West Virginia Air National Guard flies over the United Arab Emirates during a troop-carrying mission in support of Operation Desert Storm. The aircraft is assigned to the 1630th Tactical Airlift Wing.

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C-130 Hercules

The C-130 Hercules entered the Air Force in December 1956 at Ardmore Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/J. Luke Borland)

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C-130 Hercules being loaded

1990's -- A crew of the 181st Tactical Airlift Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, load equipment of the 435th Airlift Control Element onto a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft during Operation Desert Shield.

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C-130 Hercules transport aircraft

1990's -- Troops of the U.S. Army's XVIII Airborne Corps wait to board a C-130 Hercules transport aircraft of the 1630th Tactical Airlift Wing for a transit to Fort Bragg, N.C., following the liberation of Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm. Behind the troops is another C-130 Hercules aircraft.

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C-130 Hercules transport aircraft loaded with troops

1990's -- A C-130 Hercules transport aircraft loaded with troops from the 101st Airborne Division takes off during Operation Desert Storm. Behind the highway barricade is an M-1038 high-mobility, multipurpose wheeled vehicle.

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C-130E Hercules does an assault landing

1990's -- A C-130E Hercules transport aircraft from the 314th Tactical Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., does an assault landing on a desert runway during Operation Desert Shield.

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C-141 Starlifter

C-141 Starlifter, October 1964. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-141 Starlifter

1970's -- MARCH 1978 -- 3/4 front view of a C-141 Starlifter assigned to the 710th Military Airlift Squadron (AFRES), 60th Military Airlift Wing, in flight over the San Francisco Bay en route to Travis AFB, CA. (Photo by Ken Hackman)

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C-141A Starlift arrives

The first C-141A Starlifter arrives in California April 1965. (U.S. Air Force illustration)

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C-14B

The three occupants of the C-14B and their plane, which made history's first automatic landing, were Capt. Carl J. Crane, who invented the system, Capt. George V. Holloman, who flight tested it, and Raymond Stout, a Wright Field civilian electronic engineer who assisted in developing the system. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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