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    Airframe Family: Fairchild C-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar
    Latest Model:C-119G Flying Boxcar
    Last Military Serial:51-8024 USAF
    Construction Number:10767
    Compressed ID:Fairchild C-119G sn 51-8024 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, Nebraska

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa December 1952

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

    5 January 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-8024.

    January 1953

    Transferred to 316th Troop Carrier Group (Tactical Air Command), Sewart AFB, TN.

    Deployment to Elmendorf AFB, AK.

    November 1954

    Transferred to 314th Troop Carrier Wing (TAC), Sewart AFB, TN.
    Unit name changed.

    Circa 1956

    Converted to a C-119G.

    July 1957

    Transferred to 2466th Air Reserve Flying Center (USAF Reserve), Bakalar AFB, IN.

    May 1958

    Transferred to 2472nd Air Reserve Flying Detachment (AFRES), Tinker AFB, OK.

    March 1959

    Transferred to 305th Troop Carrier Squadron (AFRES), Tinker AFB, OK.

    January 1961

    Transferred to 434th Troop Carrier WIng (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN.

    May 1963

    Transferred to 930th Troop Carrier Group (AFRES), Bakalar AFB, IN.

    June 1968

    Transferred to 71st Air Command Squadron (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    October 1968

    Transferred to 4413th Combat Crew Training Squadron (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    February 1969

    Transferred to 1st Special Operations WIng (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    July 1969

    Transferred to 4410th Combat Crew Training WIng (TAC), Lockbourne AFB, OH.

    March 1970

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
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    1971

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    1971

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
    Markings changed to: 024, 0-18024

    16 September 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at the Strategic Air Command Museum at Offutt AFB, NE

    22 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at the Strategic Air Command Museum at Offutt AFB, NE

    Circa 1997

    Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Moved to new facility while under construction.

    16 May 1998

    Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
    New Museum opened.

    2001

    Loaned to Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name changed.
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    By 2006

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 024, 18024

    25 February 2011


    Photographer: John Meneely

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    28 April 2011


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    22 June 2015

    To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
    Museum name changed.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Strategic Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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