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C-119 FLYING BOXCAR/51-8024
C-119 Flying Boxcar 51-8024
Serial #: 51-8024
Construction #: 10767
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar
  C-119G Flying Boxcar
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2015
History:
Built by Fairchild Aircraft, Hagerstown, Maryland.
Delivered to United States Air Force as 51-8024.
  • BOC: January 5, 1953.
  • SOC: March 1970.
  • Assigned to 316th Troop Carrier Group (Tactical Air Command), Sewart AFB, TN, January 1953.
  • Transferred to 314th Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Sewart AFB, TN, November 1954.
    • Converted to C-119G between 1955-1957.
  • Transferred to 2466th Air Reserve Flying Center (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN, July 1957.
  • Transferred to 2472nd Air Reserve Flying Detachment (AFRES), Tinker AFB, OK, May 1958.
  • Transferred to 305th Troop Carrier Squadron (AFRES), Tinker AFB, March 1959.
  • Transferred to 434th Troop Carrier Wing (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN, January 1961.
  • Transferred to 930th Troop Carrier Group (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN, May 1963.
  • Transferred to 71st Air Command Squadron (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH, June 1968.
  • Transferred to 4413th Combat Crew Training Squadron (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH, October 1968.
  • Transferred to 1st Special Operations Wing (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH, February 1969.
  • Transferred to 4410th Combat Crew Training Wing (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH, July 1969.
Strategic Air & Space Museum, Ashland NE, 1970-2015.
C-119 Flying Boxcar 51-8024
C-119 Flying Boxcar 51-8024
C-119 Flying Boxcar 51-8024
Photo Source(s):
Glenn Chatfield
Chuck Gardner.

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