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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
A military cargo plane manufactured in Hagerstown is coming home. The 1956 Fairchild C-123K Provider, which was manufactured at the Fairchild Aircraft Co. in Hagerstown, was acquired by the Hagerstown ...
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