Archives for September 2021

Sky Supplies Adapted from a commercial airliner, Douglas Aircraft Company developed the C-47B Skytrain in the 1930s for military use.… Read More »

Across the Ocean 79,642 Times The Douglas C-54 was the military version of the four-engine Douglas DC-4 commercial transport developed… Read More »

Fairchild Aircraft manufactured the C-119 Flying Boxcar to carry cargo, military personnel, or medical patients. Developed in November of 1947,… Read More »

Big Plane, Big Cargo The Douglas’ C-124 Globemaster II had one job—carrying as much cargo as possible. This aircraft’s massive… Read More »

Lockheed designed the C-130 Hercules in the late 1950s as the first purpose-built troop carrier, and the aircraft has been… Read More »

Development of the C-131 Samaritan The C-131 Samaritan entered the US Air Force fleet in the early 1950s to fill… Read More »