I photographed these Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar examples at Pima, March AFB, Robins AFB, Castle AFB and the NMoUSAF.
C-119C 48-0352
Air Mobility Command; Dover DE 2026
C-119C 49-0132
Pima 2017
C-119C 49-0199
Castle AFB, Atwater CA 2024
C-119C 51-2566
Robins AFB 2024
C-119J 51-8037
This aircraft was specially modified for the mid-air retrieval of space capsules re-entering the atmosphere from orbit. On 19 August 1960, this aircraft made the world’s first mid-air recovery of a capsule returning from space when it “snagged” the parachute lowering the Discoverer 14 satellite.