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3 Critical Failures: How the C-123 Became America’s Most Misused Airlifter

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

VA moving to extend benefits to some C-123 vets

Retired Air Force reserve tech Sgt. Ed Kienle, 73, holds a picture of himself, left, and fellow reservists during an interview at his home, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Wilmington, Ohio. The government ...
Military Times

C-123 veterans still waiting for VA health care

C-123 aircraft used in Vietnam to spray Agent Orange being scrapped at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base boneyard in Arizona in 2010 Air Force image Nearly five months after a federal advisory board ...
Aviation Republic on MSN

12 Structural Inspections, 1 Wing Failure Pattern: How Fatigue Shaped Late C-123 Operations

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

Fairchild C-123 could soon return to Hagerstown

A 62-year-old military cargo plane could be flying home to Hagerstown soon, but it needs a little lift. A Fairchild C-123 was acquired by the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in 2012 and will return to the ...
The Island Packet

This Vietnam war bird wasn’t glamorous, until Bob Hope and Miss World climbed aboard

Retired Pan-Am pilot Larry A. Shewmaker of Hilton Head Island dropped by the office with this wife to tell something he’s never talked about until this Memorial Day. He talked about the C-123 aircraft ...