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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 ...

You learn things you never would have guessed possible when you travel the country, looking for places showcasing airplanes for a living. The first and foremost among these lessons is that aviation ...

From dropping napalm and Agent Orange to hauling livestock and troops, the C-123 Provider flew over 20,000 sorties. Nicknamed “Patches” for surviving 500 hits, it later poisoned its own crews with ...

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The Fairchild C-123 Provider began as a glider and ended as one of aviation’s most controversial aircraft. Used in Vietnam ...

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 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A C-123 PROVIDER AIRCRAFT that is still operational is restored and ...

Photo from 1981 of members of the 731st Tactical Airlift Squadron taken in front of one of the C-123 Providers they flew in at Westover Air Reserve Base. Six senators sent a strongly worded letter ...