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The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, it went on to serve the U.S. Coast Guard and various air forces in Southeast Asia.
Two U.S. pilots, Wallace "Buzz" Sawyer and William Cooper, and the Nicaraguan nationalist radio operator Freddy Vilches died when the Fairchild C-123 Provider was shot down by a Sandinista soldier using an SA-7 shoulder-launched missile, while Eugene Hasenfus, the U.S. "kicker" responsible for pushing the cargo out of the aircraft, survived by ...
The Stroukoff YC-134, designed in 1956, was based heavily on the Fairchild C-123 Provider, itself designed by Michael Stroukoff.The United States military contracted with Stroukoff Aircraft Corporation to develop an improved version of the aircraft, combining features that the company had developed for the YC-123D and YC-123E.
The 606th Special Forces Squadron was composed of two sections, the Fairchild C-123 Provider section which was under the call sign of "Candlestick", and the U-10 Helio Courier section which was under the call signs of "Loudmouth" and "Litterbugs" (and "Clown" for Civil Action missions).
However, the 463d Wing was converting from the Fairchild C-123 Provider to become the Air Force's first Lockheed C-130 Hercules wing and it was decided to inactivate the 419th and its Providers before the end of the year, along with the new division. [1]
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Data from "C-123 Provider in action" General characteristics Crew: 3 Length: 77 ft 1 in (23.50 m) Wingspan: 110 ft 0 in (33.53 m) Height: 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) Wing area: 1,222.78 sq ft (113.600 m 2) Airfoil: NACA 23017 Max takeoff weight: 70,000 lb (31,751 kg) limited by tow aircraft to 40,000 pounds (18,000 kg) See also Aviation portal Related development Chase XC-123A Fairchild C-123 ...
Fairchild C-123 Provider; Chase XC-123A; Chase CG-18; G. Chase YCG-14; Chase XCG-18; Chase XCG-20 This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 19:20 (UTC). ...