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Boneyard files: Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar – the final drop zone in the desert sand

As we continue the Boneyard Files series, which showcases some of the retired aircraft resting at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, in the late 1960s, today’s story features the ...
The National Interest

The Fairchild C-119 Made Some Serious Space History

Here’a What You Need to Remember: Among its most important airlift mission of the war was in the bitterly cold winter of 1950 when C-119Bs were used to air-drop bridge sections to U.S. troops trapped ...
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Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar Photographs

This collection consists of six black and white 8 by 10 inch Fairchild press photographs and two corresponding press releases relating to the Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar. The Fairchild C-119 Flying ...
The Republic

C-119 ‘Flying Boxcar’ to have open house

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of the C-119 at the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum and Columbus Municipal Airport in Columbus, Ind., Monday, Jan. 4, 2022. The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum at the ...
The Republic

C-119 ‘Flying Boxcar’ nose cone for sale

An exterior shot of the nose of the C-119 that the Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum is selling for $200. The nose is 53 inches wide, 63 inches long and 67 inches tall. Submitted photo The ...