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1967 |
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Constructed as a C-141A-LM by Lockheed at Marietta, GA, USA. |
4 April 1967 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 66-0177. |
April 1967 |
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Transferred to 63rd Military Airlift Wing, Norton AFB, CA.
Operated with markings: City of San Bernardino |
12 February 1973 |
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Was first aircraft to touch down in Hanoi to bring POWs home. From NMUSAF: This C-141 airlifted the first American prisoners of war to freedom from Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973. The Hanoi Taxi flew two missions into Hanoi, carrying out 78 POWs and two civilian returnees to the Philippines, and four missions from the Philippines to the United States, carrying 76 ex-POWs. |
Circa 1980 |
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Converted to a C-141B. |
1994 |
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Transferred to 89th Airlift Squadron, 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
Circa 1997 |
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Converted to a C-141C. |
2002 |
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From NMUSAF: In 2002 the Hanoi Taxi received its final programmed depot maintenance, and it was repainted as it appeared when it went to Hanoi in 1973 -- except for the Red Cross. It flew in these markings for the next four years. |
10 May 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Displayed during 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration. |
10 May 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Photographed at Patterson Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. Displayed during 100th Anniversary of Flight celebration. |
May 2004 |
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From NMUSAF: In May 2004 the Hanoi Taxi again tapped the timelines of history when Maj. Gen. Edward J. Mechenbier, himself a POW repatriated from Vietnam, flew it back to Vietnam to repatriate the remains of two American service members killed in action. |
2005 |
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This aircraft was used to help evacuate people affected by Hurricane Katrina. |
6 May 2006 |
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Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
Last flight of a C-141 in USAF service.
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6 May 2006 |
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Photographer: National Museum of the USAF |
6 May 2006 |
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Photographer: National Museum of the USAF |
6 May 2008 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
17 April 2017 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
12 August 2023 |
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Photographer: Austin Newman |
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