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By 1953 |
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Constructed as a C-119F-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, Maryland, USA. |
2 June 1953 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-8037. |
June 1953 |
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Transferred to 456th Troop Carrier (Medium) Wing (TAC), Miami Airport, FL. |
August 1953 |
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Base of operations changed.
Charleston AFB, SC. |
From November 1955 to May 1956 |
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Deployed to Japan. |
May 1956 |
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Base of operations changed.
Ardmore AFB, OK. |
From October 1956 to August 1957 |
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Transferred to Birmingham Modification Center, AL. |
From 1956 to By 1957 |
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Converted to a C-119J. |
September 1957 |
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Transferred to 2465th Air Reserve Flying Center (Air Force Reserve), Minneapolis-Saint. Paul Airport, MN. |
December 1957 |
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Transferred to 2473rd Air Reserve Flying Detachment (AFRES), Minneapolis-Saint. Paul Airport, MN. |
August 1958 |
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Transferred to Fairchild Aircraft, Saint. Augustine Airport, FL.
Conversion to G standard propellers. |
19 September 1958 |
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Transferred to 6593rd Test Squadron (Air Research and Development Command), Edwards AFB, CA. |
From September 1958 to November 1959 |
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Specially modified for the mid-air retrieval of space capsules re-entering the atmosphere from orbit. |
From December 1959 to Circa October 1960 |
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6593rd T.S. deployed to Hickam AFB, HI. |
19 August 1960 |
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From NMUSAF: Made the worlds first midair recovery of a capsule returning from orbit when it snagged the parachute lowering the Discoverer XIV satellite at 8,000 feet altitude, 360 miles southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. |
July 1961 |
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Transferred to 434th Troop Carrier (M) Wing (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN. |
May 1962 |
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Transferred to 931st Troop Carrier (M) Wing (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN. |
November 1963 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Flown to Wright Field to await opening of new museum facility.
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4 August 1971 |
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Placed on display. |
March 1972 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed with Kodak Instamatic 126 film |
19 September 1987 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed during the 40th Anniversary of the USAF display. |
19 September 1987 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed during the 40th Anniversary of the USAF display. |
2 November 2011 |
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Photographer: Andrew King |
June 2016 |
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Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
Notes: National Museum of the U.S. Air Force fourth building |
12 August 2023 |
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Photographer: Austin Newman |
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