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The Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, nicknamed "Old Shaky", is an American heavy-lift cargo aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company in Long Beach, California.. The C-124 was the primary heavy-lift transport for United States Air Force (USAF) Military Air Transport Service (MATS) during the 1950s and early 1960s, until the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter entered service.
The Douglas C-133 Cargomaster is an American large turboprop cargo aircraft built between 1956 and 1961 by the Douglas Aircraft Company for use with the United States Air Force. The C-133 was the USAF's only production turboprop-powered strategic airlifter , entering service shortly after the Lockheed C-130 Hercules , which is designated a ...
During Deep Freeze III, a C-124 air-dropped a seven-ton tractor to an isolated site, and during Deep Freeze 62 (October–December 1961), three C-124's made the longest flight in Antarctic history, a 3,100-mile round trip to airdrop supplies. Also during Deep Freeze 62, Lt. Gen. Joe W. Kelly became the first MATS commander to visit the operation.
C. Douglas C-1; Douglas C-47 Skytrain; Douglas AC-47 Spooky; Douglas C-74 Globemaster; Douglas C-124 Globemaster II; Douglas C-132; Douglas C-133 Cargomaster; Douglas CG-19; Douglas Cloudster; Douglas Cloudster II
With the arrival of the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster in 1957, the 39th Air Transport Squadron was re-designated a C-133 unit with the 1st Air Transport Squadron to follow in 1960. The most significant reorganization occurred on 18 January 1963, when the wing was reorganized under the MATS dual deputy concept of operations.
A C-124C Globemaster II; note the front-opening doors. Activated under the Alaskan Wing, Air Transport Command in March 1943 at Edmonton Airport, Alberta, Canada; it provided support for transient lend-lease aircraft bound for the Soviet Union during 1943, as well as Eleventh Air Force aircraft which were to be used during the Aleutian Campaign.
Douglas A-26C Invader 44-35733 [96]; Douglas C-124C Globemaster II 52-1066 [97]; Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star 49-696 [98]; Lockheed F-94A Starfire 49-2498 [99]; Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis 2015357 – Soviet fighter of the Korean People's Air Force defected to Seoul, later flown by Chuck Yeager [100]
The 1951 Atlantic C-124 disappearance involved a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II of the 2nd Strategic Support Squadron, Strategic Air Command, which ditched into the Atlantic Ocean on the late afternoon of 23 March 1951 after reporting a fire in the cargo hold.