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Description
| Manufacturer: | Fairchild | |
| Base model: | C-123 | |
| Designation: | C-123 | |
| Version: | J | |
| Nickname: | Provider | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1925-1962 | |
| Basic role: | Transport | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Alaska ANG - 176th Gp, Anchorage | Kulis ANGB | Alaska |
| Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry | Wasilla | Alaska |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Robert Thomas (Msgt) retired Cheyenne, WY | I was stationed at Earnest Harmon, AFB(1957 to 1960) during the time the 4087th ATS (SAC) was operating the C-123J's. Howerver, I was a flight engineer on the Squadrons C-54's. The Squadron also had C-119's, which were replaced by the C-123J's. We mainly flew north to Goose Bay,Thule AB, Sonderstorm,on the west coast of Greenland and . Also to weather stations: mainly to Alert, Nord. (sometimes south to Westover AFB and other US bases)
The Squadron was deactived, and the C-123J's were transfered to Alaska. Don't know what happened to the C54's. The 123's had small jet engine on the wing tips. I believe they J44's. The jets engines had intake eye lids the were closed when not in use. They also flew north, but as I recollect, they had to a engine engineaircraft along as an escort. They were equipped with ski's. All of our planes were marked with day glow paint. Originally red on the nose, tail and each wing tip. 08/30/2008 @ 09:55 [ref: 22582] |
| Jim Robinson Shallotte, NC | This is for Col. Tommy G Harrison. Look on page 212 and you will find pictures of 394 and 396. I was a radio operator in the 4087 Air Transport Sqdn. I left in 1958. These airplanes were assigned to a squadron in Tennessee.
I never found out where. At that time when an airplane, whose crew was not checked out on the north country, had to pick up a Polar Crew to go with them. In this case the polar Crew was a navigator and a radio operator. I happened to be on an instructor crew with the 4087 Air Transport Squadron. The navigator and I had to go along in case they needed any help. They never asked for our help. Also they made us ride in the cargo compartment. We had a lot fun later on talking about being baggage on a C 123. Also on page 212 there is a picture I took while unloading fuel at Nord Greenland. I enjoyed your notes. My e mail is k4ayz@atmc.net 08/16/2008 @ 13:57 [ref: 22472] |
| Ron Gamel Depew, OK | In Sept. 1959 I was stationed at Eilson AFB in Alaska. I was sent TDY to Fletchers Ice Island, North of Point Barrow. The aircraft used to take supplies and personnel to Ice Island was the C123J. It was stationed at Ladd AFB at Fairbanks. I returned to Alaska from Ice Island in March 1960. The C123J operated from the ice using skis attached to the wheels. The jet engine was used for take-off then shut down and the rest of the flight was with the recip's. I appreciate seeing the pictures and stories on this web site. 02/20/2007 @ 19:02 [ref: 15603] |
| Larry Reynolds Mason City, IA | I was a flight engineer with the 319tn Air Commando. I ferried the C-123 back and forth from Vietnam to Haggerstown Maryland where they installed the Jet engines and then back to Nam. We never loss an airplane but I went down twice due to engine malfunctions. Both times made land once in Hawaii and once on the island of Samar. I really loved and trusted that old airplane to get me where I was going. I even flew the Fulton system which was used to pick up down pilots with the use of a ballon. 01/26/2007 @ 11:29 [ref: 15306] |
| Lovell Bryant Pittsburgh, PA | I am repainting the cabinet/face of the Receiver-Indicator R-65/APN-9 Navigation Aid that is in the C-123. Ours is looking ratty and I want to make it pretty before the 2007 Air Show season. Anyone have a picture of the front panel that shows the lettering for the operating controls?
Thanks, Lovell Bryant, member Air Heritage, Inc. Beaver County, PA www.Airheritage.com 12/07/2006 @ 12:10 [ref: 14942] |
| Tim Garity Lincoln, NE | I may get to help put a C-123 in a museum and have a question. Do the wing mounted J-85's have any type of built in removal assistance device (cable ), or do you have to support the engine and remove the mount bolts ??
Thanks Tim G 10/25/2006 @ 11:42 [ref: 14559] |
| Jerry Park Howe, TX | I was at Ft Greely Alaska Sept1960 to Mar 1962. I was assigned to the Sig Corp Met Team .The Alaska Air Guard C123 was in and out of Ft Greely and suported the Cold Weather and Mountain School and I am sure some other things I was not aware of. 03/05/2005 @ 18:11 [ref: 9621] |
| Tommy G. Harrison, Col (Ret) Apopka, FL | Palmore is partially correct. The unit at Ernest Harmon AFB, Nfld, however, was the 4087th Air Transport Squadron (Medium), 4081st Strategic Wing, 8AF, SAC. This was SAC's only medium air transport squadron ever. I was assigned as a navigator on the C-123J from Sep 58 through the closure of the unit in June of 1960. I have the guideon from the squadron. I also have my old Dash 1.
There were 10 C-123Js built. As I recall, 6 were assigned to Harmon and 4 to Goose Bay. They were designed to operate off the icecap supporting the radar sites. The squadron also had C-54Ds. (I was checked out in that as well.) When operating off the cap, a C-54 would fly top cover so the 123 could find its way back to the radar site in the event it could not complete iots takeoff and had to return to the site to download weight. One of these days I will get my 35mm slides scanned in. 03/04/2005 @ 22:26 [ref: 9615] |
| Daemon San Antonio, TX | There is a C-123J in the Seoul War Museum in South Korea too. 12/07/2004 @ 20:54 [ref: 8810] |
| Paul M. Eaton Anchorage, AK | The C-123J's flown by AKANG were good short field aircraft IF the pilots kept the running wing tip jets out of the Alaskan willows! The skis worked well for us. The only real maintenance concern I recall was the flap brackets, which we removed at every opportunity for NDI testing. The Guard technicians on the Periodic maintenance and inspection crew managed to save most of the aircraft washin and flap bracket removal for us weekend warriors.
P.M.Eaton 176th CAMRON, AKANG 1967-1973 10/22/2004 @ 15:16 [ref: 8488] |
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