Ladders surround the C-119 Flying Boxcar being restored at the Columbus Municipal Airport in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Vietnam veterans of the 71st Special Operations Squadron ...

Former Air Force Sgt. Bruce Byrd was working on F-4 fighters in 1970 when he volunteered for gunship duty and was sent to Vietnam in 1971. His job was a gunner for AC-119K Stinger gunships, the for… ...

Throughout the Cold War the Flying Boxcar continued to make deliveries around the world. During the Vietnam War the aircraft in the AC-119G “Shadow” and AC-119K “Stinger” configurations ...

The Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum at the Columbus Municipal Airport will have their C-119 “Flying Boxcar” open to the public for free tours on Friday, which is National Vietnam War Veterans Day ...

The C-119 Flying Boxcar will be the sixth and final historical aircraft featured in the inaugural History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning Nov. 1.

The first two types of gunships developed by the US were the twin-engine piston powered Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar, but the final leap was made relying on the size ...

NY National Guard’s 105th Air Wing, known for missions in Vietnam, Afghanistan, turns 75 ... C-119 Flying Boxcar, C-97 Stratocruiser and the propeller-driven 0-21 Skymaster. ...