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1950 |
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Constructed as a C-124A by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA. |
31 January 1951 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-0258. |
February 1951 |
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Transferred to 3rd Strategic Support Squadron (SAC), Hunter AFB, GA.
Used as troop transport. |
January 1952 |
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Base of operations changed.
Barksdale AFB, LA. |
1955 |
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Was used in the movie Strategic Air Command. |
April 1961 |
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Transferred to 305th Troop Carrier Squadron (USAFR), Tinker AFB, OK. |
October 1961 |
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305th TCS reassigned to Tactical Air Command. |
March 1962 |
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Transferred to 442nd Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Tinker AFB, OK. |
July 1962 |
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Transferred to 1502nd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Hickam AFB, HI. |
March 1963 |
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Transferred to 1503rd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Tachikawa AB, Japan. |
July 1964 |
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Transferred to To 1502nd Air Transport Wing (MATS), Hickam AFB, HI. |
August 1965 |
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Transferred to 916th Troop Carrier Group (AFRES), Carswell AFB, TX. |
January 1966 |
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Unit redesignated as 916th Military Airlift Group. |
July 1969 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to 3902nd Air Base Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, NE.
Assigned this unit for transfer to the SAC museum. |
July 1969 |
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To Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
 View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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1971 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE. |
16 September 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB |
22 August 1994 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At the Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB |
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Oldest surviving C-124, only C-124A. |
1997 |
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When the SAC Museum moved to its new facility in Ashland, NE, this aircraft remained in open storage at Offutt AFB for eventual transfer to Air Mobility Command Museum. |
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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 436 AW/MU, Dover AFB, DE. |
October 2003 |
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Placed on display with Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
Transported in sections by C-5A.
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18 July 2009 |
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Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
Notes: This mighty freighter is now on display at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, DE. She is one of only eight of the type in existence and the only A model anywhere |
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