The Fairchild C-123 Provider was never meant to be a versatile aircraft. Designed in the early Cold War years, its purpose was singular: carry out short-range tactical airlifts for military ...

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. One of the lesser-known aerial workhorses of the Vietnam War ...

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One of the lesser-known aerial workhorses of the Vietnam War was the Fairchild C-123K Provider, a short-range assault transport that was used to airlift troops and cargo to and from short runways ...

A military cargo plane manufactured in Hagerstown is coming home. The 1956 Fairchild C-123K Provider, which was manufactured at the Fairchild Aircraft Co. in Hagerstown, was acquired by the ...

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 ...

Kent State University's 18th Aviation Heritage Fair will feature static displays of several aircraft, including a North American B-25 Mitchell, a Fairchild C-123 Provider, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain ...

HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. -- An air commando who died when his C-123 Provider flare ship was shot down over Ahn Khe, Vietnam, was laid to rest Oct. 26 at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas. The ...

A new study found that airmen who flew and maintained the C-123 Provider long after the planes were used to spray Agent Orange over Vietnam were exposed to dangerous levels of the dioxin that ...