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1956 |
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Constructed as a C-123B-13-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. |
January 1957 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 55-4533. |
1957 |
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Transferred to 345th Troop Carrier Squadron (TAC), Sewart AFB, TN. |
April 1958 |
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Transferred to 513th Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Sewart AFB, TN. |
August 1958 |
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Transferred to 346th Troop Carrier Squadron (TAC), Pope AFB, NC. |
December 1961 |
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Transferred to 464th Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Pope AFB, NC. |
March 1962 |
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Transferred to 347th Troop Carrier Squadron (TAC), Pope AFB, NC. |
April 1962 |
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Transferred to 464th Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Pope AFB, NC. |
May 1964 |
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Transferred to 1st Air Commando Wing (TAC), Eglin AFB, FL. |
April 1966 |
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Transferred to 375th Combat Support Group (Pacific Air Forces), Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. |
April 1966 |
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Transferred to 377th Combat Support Group (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. |
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Flew Operation Ranch Hand missions while based at Tan Son Nhut. |
1967 |
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Transferred to Eglin AFB, FL.
Assigned here for conversion work. |
1967 |
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Converted to a C-123K. |
May 1967 |
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Transferred to 315th Air Commando Wing (PACAF), Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. |
July 1967 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. |
September 1968 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. |
September 1969 |
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Transferred to 3rd Fighter Wing (PACAF), Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam. |
October 1969 |
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Transferred to 315th Special Operations Wing (PACAF), Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. |
January 1970 |
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Transferred to 311th Tactical Airlift Squadron, 315th Tactical Airlift Wing.
Unit designation changed. |
March 1970 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Tan Son Nhut AB, Vietnam. |
May 1970 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. |
November 1970 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Da Nang AB, Vietnam. |
August 1971 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. |
September 1971 |
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Transferred to 313th Air Division (PACAF), Kadena AB, Japan. |
October 1971 |
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Base of operations changed.
Deployed to Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. |
March 1972 |
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Transferred to 906th Tactical Airlift Group (Air Force Reserve), Lockbourne AFB, OH. |
June 1975 |
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Transferred to 355th Tactical Airlift Squadron (AFRES), Lockbourne AFB, OH. |
July 1981 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
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Loaned to 1 SOMSG/CD, Hurlburt Field, FL. |
By October 1981 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to Air Commando Park, Hurlburt Field (South West Side), Fort Walton Beach, FL.
View the Location Dossier |
11 October 1981 |
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Placed on display.
Configured as an aircraft to disperse the defoliant chemical Agent Orange (never flew in that configuration). |
Circa 2003 |
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Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: A Hurlburt Field memorial park. |
12 September 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
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Photographer: Robert Kaiser
Notes: My father, Col. Henry A. Kaiser USAF, diseased, took this photo during his Vietnam tour Nov. 1967 - Nov. 1968 |
