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Созданный на базе C-119C, самолет R4Q-1 поступил в КМП США и эксплуатировался в качестве тактического военно-транспортного. Он заменил R4D и еще ряд небольших транспортных самолетов и активно применялся в Корее.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

Fairchild C-119C-23-FA 51-2571, formerly belonging to the 65th TCS ‘Packet Rats’ of the 403rd TCC.

Мировая Авиация 122

Самолеты C-119 из состава ВВС Индии оснащались дополнительно ТРД Orpheus, монтировавшимся в гондоле над фюзеляжем и позволявшим эксплуатировать самолет с большей полезной нагрузкой в условиях жары и высокогорья.

АэроХобби 1994-02 / А.Чернышев - Огонь над Вьетнамом /Авиация в локальных конфликтах/ (3)

AC-119G ВВС Южного Вьетнама, авиабаза Бьен Хоа, октябрь 1971г.

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Радиопозывной "Shadow". К концу 1967 года дополнительно вооруженные самолеты и вертолеты ВВС США стали играть заметную роль в оказании непосредственной авиационной поддержки сухопутным войскам. В качестве замены ветерану AC-47 Spooky для конверсии в ганшип выбрали транспортный C-119 Flying Boxcar. В феврале 1968 года 26 C-119G модернизировали в ганшипы AC-119G, новым самолетам дали радиопозывной "Shadow". Еще 26 C-119 модернизировали в вариант AC-119K ("Stinger"), которые в дополнение к четырем пулеметам GAU-2/A Minigun получили две 20-мм пушки М61 Vulcan.

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В 1952 году этот C-119B принадлежал 314-й транспортной группе ВВС США. Подразделение эксплуатировало самолеты C-119 в период с 1950 по 1957 год, а этот самолет позже был переоборудован по стандарту C-119C.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2013-11 / Р.Вениаминов - "Рамы" небесные /Фотоархив/ (1)

Fairchild C-119

Air Pictorial 1994-08

Ex-fire-bomber Fairchild R4Q-2 Packet with SNJ-5 under its wing and FJ-3 Fury in the foreground.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American FJ-2/3/4 Fury - СШАUSA - 1951North American T-6 Texan / AT-6 Harvard - СШАUSA - 1935

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18 августа 1960г. Модифицированный Fairchild JC-119 подхватывает на высоте 2440 м капсулу с данными, сброшенную со спутника Discoverer 14.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-12 / В.Морозов - Воздушная война во Вьетнаме (42)

«Ганшип» AC-119

АэроХобби 1994-02 / А.Чернышев - Огонь над Вьетнамом /Авиация в локальных конфликтах/ (3)

AC-119K над Южным Вьетнамом

Авиация и Космонавтика 2023-12 / В.Морозов - Воздушная война во Вьетнаме (42)

AC-119 ведет обстрел наземных целей

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-07 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (7)

An AC-119 gunship of the 71st SOS near Nha Trang in December 1968;

Авиация и Космонавтика 2019-05 / В.Морозов - Авиация во Вьетнамской войне (1)

Транспортный C-119 VNAF. Начало 1960-х гг.

Air Pictorial 1998-03

One of the last six C-119Gs in service with the 103rd Transport Sqn, RoCAF, seen at Pingtung in August 1996. Its crude nose badge is seen on the left.

Air International 1997-01 / D.Brackx - The Belgian Air Force at Fifty

C-119G Flying Boxcar CP-27/‘OT-CBG’ was one of 46 C-119F/Gs which formed the backbone of the 15 Wing transport fleet for two decades between 1953 and 1973. Initially, 18 C-119Fs were delivered to the BAF but eight of these were passed on to the Norwegian Air Force in 1956 and the remaining ten were converted to C-119G standard while a further 28 new C-119Gs were also delivered. The type officially retired on June 27, 1973, having been replaced by 12 C-130H Hercules.

Aviation Historian 29 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...

AT LEAST SEVEN, possibly as many as nine, Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcars are preserved in fair condition across Taiwan (aka Republic of China), mainly in museums or technical institutions. This example, Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) serial 3160 (c/n 10724, formerly 51-7985 in USAF service), resides at Xihujunji Park in Xihu, Changhua, about 125 miles (200km) south-west of Taipei, accompanied by a Northrop F-5, North American F-100 and a Lockheed RF-104 Starfighter, alongside various tanks and missiles.

Aviation Historian 29 / P.Davidson - Off the Beaten Track...

Aviation Historian 34 / L.Hellstrom - Decidedly cosmopolitan

Another day, another mission. The sun comes up over ONUC C-47 and C-119 transports during the organisation’s four-year tenure in the Congo.
INSET The sign outside the United Nations’ C-47 Squadron office at N’Djili Airport, showing the flags of all participating nations. By the time it was put up, Yugoslavia had already left ONUC.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas DC-3 / C-47 Skytrain/С-53 Skytrooper / Dakota - СШАUSA - 1935

Air Pictorial 1956-08 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

TWO OF A KIND. Likely to cause possible recognition confusion are these two twin-boom cargo transports, the U.S.A.F., French-based Fairchild C-119C-FA Packet (photo) and the Nord 2501 Noratlas, the latter now engaged in North African operations against the rebels.

Air Pictorial 1957-01

U.S. Marines R4Q-1, serial 124330, shown here, is generally similar to the rare R4Q-2 aircraft reported from Blackbushe. They are the naval equivalents of the U.S.A.F. C-119B and C-119G respectively.

Aeroplane Monthly 1983-04 / R.Riding - The sky was his studio

Just visible in white is Charles Brown at work photographing a Beverley in 1953.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

C-119C 12545 of ‘Detachement C-119’ seen at Cat Bi at the beginning of the Dien Bien Phu battle. A green quadrant nose indicated that this aircraft formerly belonged to the 61st TCS ‘Green Hornets’ of the 314th TCG based at Ashiya in Japan. Note the discarded clamshell door.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

One of the first C-119Cs (51-2563) arriving at Cat Bi in May 1953, as part of Operation ‘Swivel Chair'. It still wears its former USAF markings which were promptly replaced by more orthodox ‘Armee de I’Air’ markings.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2008-12 / Н.Таликов - Транспортники мира - гонка продолжается

C-119

Air Pictorial 1956-05

An Italian Air Force Packet, of the type seen over London recently.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

From mid-march 1954, the C-119s were sent to drop napalm tanks over communist positions around Dien Bien Phu. This poor quality picture shows a formation of 'Packets’ during one of these bombing missions.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

A rear view from the cargo compartment of a ‘Packet’ which just had dropped its load of barbed wire, destined for the defenders of Dien Bien Phu. The C-119s usually flew without cargo doors for the supply missions.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

An American mercenary pilot inspecting the blades of the left engine before a sortie. The red roundel on the nose, indicated that the aircraft formerly belonged to the 63rd TCS ‘Flying Jennies’ of the 403rd TCG.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

A group of C-119s, headed by C-119C-13-FA 49-137 taxiing out in the rain to drop supplies to the Dien Bien Phu garrison.

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Снабжение гарнизона во многом зависело от самолетов C-119, которые пилотировали американские и французские гражданские экипажи. Большинство этих машин было взято Францией в лизинг у ВВС США, где они состояли на вооружении 314-й и 304-й транспортных авиагрупп, дислоцированных в Южной Корее и Японии.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

A flight of ‘Aeronavale’ Grumman F6F-5s breaking off over the Cat Bi air base. The Hellcats were specially engaged on anti-flak missions and close escort of the C-119s.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Grumman F6F Hellcat - СШАUSA - 1942

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

Line-up of ‘Packets ’ on the parking ramp at Cat Bi, near Haiphong. Nearly all the aircraft flew with the cargo doors removed.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

Конечно, вместительные C-119 были эффективнее старых "Дакот", но их было не так много, чтобы вытеснить этих заслуженных ветеранов с боевой линии.
The loading of supplies aboard a C-119C-13-FA. During the final stage of the Dien Bien Phu battle, only 220 lb bundles were dropped in order to make it easier for them to be collected.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

A bulldozer is loaded - it was used to re-open the Dien Bien Phu runway on December 25, 1953. Note besides the French military are some American ‘Flying Tigers’ wearing civilian clothes.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

The only mass personnel drops carried out by the ‘Packets’ in Indochina were between March 14 and 16, when the 6th Colonial Parachute battalion and the 5th Vietnamese Parachute battalion were sent as reinforcements to Dien Bien Phu. Vietnamese paratroopers boarding a C-119.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

Head-on view of a C-119, beside it, one of the ‘Flying Tigers’ was trying to tame a Vespa motorcycle, then very popular with the American mercenaries. They bought several dozen more, loaded them on board a C-119 and headed to Taiwan. On route, one of the engines shut off and the crew was obliged to dump the entire load into the China Sea to lighten the aircraft!

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

A C-119C on the parking area at Cat Hi air base - the French officer posing beside it provides scale. The red quadrant painted on the nose, indicated that the aircraft formerly belonged to the 50th TCS ‘Red Devils ’ of the 314th TCG.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

This aircraft was forced to land at Dien Bien Phu on December 11, 1953, by Lt Oustric after one of its engines shut off. Once repaired, he flew back to Haiphong the next day, with ‘Capitaine’ Soulat at the controls, after a hair raising take-off on the short runway.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

‘Rose Marie’, a former C-119C belonging to the 63rd TCS/403rd TCG, retained the beautiful pin-up painted on its fuselage.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

During the final stage of the Dien Bien Phu battle, the USAF instituted an air bridge to deliver ammunition and spare parts to Indochina, leaving the French ‘Packets’ to fly only internal missions. This view - from the top hatch of an Invader - shows a C-54 and C-119 of the 315th Air Division of Misawa operating from Cat Bi. At centre is an ‘Aeronavale’ PB4Y Privateer of 28F and in front of the C-54 Dragon Rapide F-BAHY.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer - СШАUSA - 1943De Havilland Dragon Rapide / Dominie / D.H.89 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Douglas DC-4 / C-54 / R5D Skymaster - СШАUSA - 1942

Air Pictorial 1958-01 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

A recent photograph taken at Dorval Airport, Montreal, illustrates one of the "on loan to United Nations" Fairchild C-119F Flying Boxcars (serial: 22118) of R.C.A.F. A.T.C., with a modified nose extended to house cloud-collision radar. The U.N. markings are now reversed, white on blue background.

Air Pictorial 1957-02

New blue-and-white markings of the United Nations replace the familiar Maple Leaf insigne of the R.C.A.F. on this C-119F (22133) of No. 436 Squadron Air Transport Command.

Air Pictorial 1956-11 / Air Pictorial's photo-review

FLYING BOXCAR Fairchild C-119 of the U.S.A .F. (this time: 51-2611) was again used by Press photographers at R.A.E., Farnborough, to take air-to-air pictures of S.B.A.C. "arrivals". Note rear doors on grass.

Авиация и Время 2002-04 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (2)

Погрузка истребителя "Нэт" в C-119 для доставки в Индию

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Folland Gnat - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1955

Air Pictorial 1958-05 / Photo Review

GNAT SWALLOWER. One of a specially-constructed batch for the Indian Air Force, this Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar (IK464; code "Y") is an occasional visitor to England. l.A.F. Flying Boxcars have been used recently to fly out complete Folland Gnats.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Steward-Davis Skytruck I, a modified Fairchild C-82 with auxiliary turbojet

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Indian Air Force C-119 fitted with Steward-Davis Jet-Pak thrust augmentation unit

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1974 / 01 - Aircraft

Steward-Davis Aircraft International STOLmaster transport aircraft conversion of a Fairchild C-119G (Norman E. Taylor)

Авиация и Время 2002-05 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (3)

Во время войны в Гималаях индийцы активно использовали C-119G

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1964 / 01 - Aircraft

Fairchild C-119 flying solely on the power of a Bristol Siddeley Orpheus auxiliary power pack fitted by HAL

Авиация и Время 2003-06 / А.Котлобовский, М.Жирохов - Пылающий Индостан (7)

Усиленный экипаж C-119 IAF у своего самолета

Air Pictorial 1958-07 / Photo Review

The impressively large nose radome now installed on all R.C.A.F. Air Transport Command's Fairchild C-119G-30-FA Flying Boxcar twin-boom freighters. The radome houses APS-59 search radar; note the pilot heads, one on each side of the radome. This C-119G was photographed at R.C.A.F. Station Lachine (Dorval) earlier this year.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1975 / 01 - Aircraft

Fairchild Industries AC-119K gunship, an armed conversion of the C-119 transport aircraft

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

На плакате надпись: "Чрезвычайная поставка" - новый "ганшип" AC-119G прибыл в 71-ю эскадрилью

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

AC-119G над джунглями Южного Вьетнама

История Авиации 2002-02 / Д.Кондратков - Расплавленное небо Вьетнама /Авиация в локальных войнах/ (5)

AC-119G стал промежуточным вариантом "ганшипа" до появления в достаточном количестве наиболее совершенных AC-130.

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

AC-119K получил дополнительно две 20-мм пушки "Вулкан"

Aeroplane Monthly 1986-07 / P.Chinnery - The Air War over Vietnam (7)

An AC-119K gunship over Laos, escorted by A-1 Blood, Sweat and Tears from the 1st SOS.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Douglas AD / A-1 Skyraider - СШАUSA - 1946

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1966 / 02 - Aircraft

Loaded detachable floor of Steward-Davis Skypallet being hoisted into aircraft

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1980 / Encyclopedia of Aviation - Aircraft A-Z - v3

Troops inside a Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

On April 23,1954, this aircraft flown by CAT pilot Paul Holden was hit by Vietminh anti-aircraft fire. The 37mm shell exploded just inside the cockpit compartment, badly injuring the pilot.

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

Схема размещения оборудования и вооружения внутри транспортного отсека AC-119G

Авиация и Космонавтика 1999-11 / М.Никольский - Авиация специального назначения (1)

Схема размещения оборудования и вооружения внутри транспортного отсека AC-119K

Air Enthusiast 1996-11 / A.Grandolini - French 'Packets'

Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar.

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Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar