The Fairchild C-123 Provider began its life as the XCG-20, the largest assault glider ever built for the U.S. Army Air Force, before evolving into a powered cargo aircraft. The C-123 underwent an ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The C-123 Provider could carry up to sixty passengers or up to twenty-four thousand pounds of cargo. Originally designed as an assault glider for the Air Force in the ...

The C-123 was thrown into missions far beyond its design limits, from overloaded extractions to punishing short-field ...

Repeated inspections revealed fatigue concentrations around the C-123’s wing roots and spars, especially on aircraft ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Reversing a long-held position, the Department of Veterans Affairs now says Air Force reservists who became ill after being exposed to Agent Orange residue while working on planes ...

The internet is full of hyperbole. So when we come across something claimed to be the last of its kind in the world, forgive us for being skeptical. We've done the research, and we've crunched the ...

Seventeen U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft assigned to Little Rock Air Force Base were among 123 of the venerable airlifter that were temporarily grounded this week to determine whether they had cracks ...

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