Fairchild C-123 Provider - Survivors

Survivors

Museum examples of C-123s include those located at:

  • Air America Foundation, Inc. Air America Foundation (Owner) (housed at) Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, Florida
  • Air Heritage Museum in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; this museum's C-123K, nicknamed "ThunderPig," is operational and available for air shows.
  • Benito Ebuen AFB, Mactan Island, Philippines, PAF
  • Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), California, Castle Air Museum, C-123K AF Ser. No. 55-4512 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Dover AFB, Delaware, Air Mobility Command Museum, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0658 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Dyess AFB, Texas, C-123K AF Ser. No.54-0604 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Ilopango International Airport, El Salvador, C-123K with serial FAS-122 is on static display, this is one of the original aircraft provided by the United States Air Force to the Salvadorean Air Force during the Salvadoran Civil War. When was in service with the USAF, it was used, by General William Westmoreland, during the Vietnam War conflict, back then was called "The White Whale" VC-123B 56-4375 (AF 56-4375) which were used as VIP transports.
  • El Avion restaurant in Hotel Costa Verde, Costa Rica has the twin of the CIA-operated aircraft downed by the Sandinista forces over Nicaragua in 1986. The aircraft has been converted into a bar.
  • Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0609 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0610 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Hurlburt Field, Florida, Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park, C-123K AF Ser. No. 55-4533 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Jesada Technik Museum, Thailand, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0576 (aircraft used in Operation Dumbo Drop)
  • Jinpo maritime Theme park, Gunsan, South Korea
  • Kulis ANGB, Anchorage, Alaska, C-123J AF Ser. No. 56-4395 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Lackland AFB, Texas, C-123K AF Ser. No. #54-0668 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, C-123K AF Ser. No. 55-4567 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • March ARB, California, March Field Air Museum, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0612 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Pima Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona, C-123B AF Ser. No. 55-4505 (on loan from NMUSAF, former Ranch Hand aircraft)
  • Muan International Airport, South Korea
  • Museum of Alaska Transport and Industry, Wasilla Airport, Alaska
  • Pope AAF (former Pope AFB), North Carolina, Pope Air Park, C-123K AF Ser. No. 54-0669 (painted as AF Ser. No. 54-0372) (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • Robins AFB, Georgia, Museum of Aviation, C-123B AF Ser. No. 54-0633 (on loan from NMUSAF, former Ranch Hand aircraft)
  • Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Don Muang AFB
  • Travis AFB, California, Travis Air Museum, C-123K AF Ser. No. 55-4507 (on loan from NMUSAF)
  • War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
  • Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, National Museum of the United States Air Force, C-123K AF Ser. No. 56-4362 (Patches, former Ranch Hand aircraft)
  • Edwards AFB, California, AF serial number unknown, sitting alongside a C-119 Flying Boxcar on an unused runway south of the base.

Several other examples of C-123s remain in an active flying status, operated by private owners in the United States or by various air forces worldwide.

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