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NH 97162 U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 "Packet" transport aircraft

Photo #: NH 97162 U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 "Packet" transport aircraft
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Title: U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 "Packet" transport aircraft
Description: Photo #: NH 97162 U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-119 Packet transport aircraft, of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) Fly in formation over a Fifth Air Force base in Korea, March 1951. These cargo transports are headed for a drop zone northwest of Seoul with paratroopers and combat gear for a jump to cut off fleeing Communists as they try to escape into North Korea. (quoted from original caption). Two other Packets are parked on the airfield. They are C-119C models, with USAF serial numbers 49-119 (left) and 49-120 (right). The mission was Operation Tomahawk, which dropped the U.S. Army's 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team at Munsan-Ni on 23 March 1951. Location is probably Taegu airfield, takeoff base for the operation. Plane in the left distance is a C-46. Official U.S. Air Force Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97162
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