Fairchild C-123 Provider : technical data and complete service histories /

"The Fairchild C-123 Provider was one of the last piston-engined era cargo transport aircraft delivered to the United States Armed Forces. The Provider's late entry during a time of rapid turboprop and jet aircraft development seemed to promise it a short service life. That prediction seem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Beck, Simon D., 1972- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2026]
Subjects:	Provider (Transport planes) > History. HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space.

Table of Contents:

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Acknowledgments delete vi
Preface delete 1
Abbreviations delete 3
Introduction delete 7
Section One-Development History delete 9
Section Two-Technical Data delete 45
Section Three-Military Operators delete 57
Section Four-Civil Operators and Owners delete 128
Section Five-Service Histories delete 155
Appendix I: USAF Tail Codes and MASDC Codes delete 263
Appendix II: Air America Codes and Civil Registration to Serial Number Cross-Reference delete 265
Appendix III: USAF Retirement Bases and Disposals delete 267
Appendix IV: Final Dispositions delete 277
Appendix V: Aircraft Losses delete 279
Appendix VI: Extant Airframes delete 283
Appendix VII: Ongoing Research delete 286
Bibliography delete 287
Index delete 289.