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    Airframe Family: Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar
    Latest Model:C-119C-26-FA Flying Boxcar
    Last Military Serial:51-2618 USAF
    Construction Number:10607
    Last Civil Registration:N9960F
    Compressed ID:Fairchild C-119C-26-FA sn 51-2618 U...
    Latest Owner or Location:Hemet Valley

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-119C-26-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, Maryland, USA.

    23 April 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-2618.

    29 April 1952

    To 316th Troop Carrier Group, Sewart AFB, TN.

    By October 1952

    Transferred to 435th TCG, Miami IAP, FL.

    Transferred to 456th TCG, Miami IAP, FL.

    28 January 1953

    Transferred to 443rd TCG, Donaldson AFB, SC.

    31 August 1953

    Transferred to 465th TCW, Donaldson AFB, SC.

    By December 1957

    Transferred to 317th TCW, Neubiberg AB, West Germany.

    By December 1958

    Transferred to 757th TCS, 459th Troop Carrier Wing, Youngstown AP, OH.
    Operated with markings: 618, U.S. AIR FORCE

    Circa June 1961


    Photographer: Unknown

    By July 1962

    Transferred to 187th ATS, 153rd ATG, Wyoming ANG, Cheyenne AP, WY.
    Operated with markings: WYOMING AIR GUARD

    From By December 1963 to After February 1964

    Transferred to 129th ACS, 129th ACG, California ANG, Hayward Municipal Airport, CA.

    To Hemet Valley with new c/r N9960F (C-119C, 51-2618).
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