In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong ...

The Fairchild C-123 Provider had a unique history, starting as a glider (XCG-20) and later utilizing five different engine configurations: piston, turboprop, jet, and combined piston/jet. The most ...

American C-123 are escorted by Vietnamese Air Force fighter planes armed with rockets on August 2, 1963. Much of their plant-clearing mission takes them over guerrilla infested territory at low levels ...

Built to haul troops and cargo, the C-123 was turned into a weapon of chemical war. Spraying 19 million gallons of Agent ...

The Fairchild C-123 “Provider” dropped napalm, cargo, and later 19 million gallons of Agent Orange across Southeast Asia.

The internet is full of hyperbole. So when we come across something claimed to be the last of its kind in the world, forgive us for being skeptical. We've done the research, and we've crunched the ...

C-123 aircraft used in Vietnam to spray Agent Orange being scrapped at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base boneyard in Arizona in 2010 Air Force image source GAIA package: ...

A 62-year-old military cargo plane could be flying home to Hagerstown soon, but it needs a little lift. A Fairchild C-123 was acquired by the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in 2012 and will return to the ...

Retired Air Force Reserve Maj. Wes Carter almost didn’t travel to Washington D.C. last week where, to his surprise, he heard an independent panel of scientists verify what he had dogged the Air Force ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: The C-123 Provider could carry up to sixty passengers or up to twenty-four thousand pounds of cargo. Originally designed as an assault glider for the Air Force in the ...

Retired Air Force reserve tech Sgt. Ed Kienle, 73, holds a picture of himself, left, and fellow reservists during an interview at his home, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Wilmington, Ohio. The government ...