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 and ...

George Ritter was the pilot in command of a C-123K cargo aircraft that disappeared on a CIA Air America mission in Laos in 1971. His remains were identified in 2019 by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting ...

Pilots quickly realized the C-123 was ideally suited for Vietnam’s harsh environment, despite its less than glamorous appearance and reputation, one pilot noted that although the aircraft was "slow, ...

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 remained ...

THE U.S. AIR FORCE Fairchild C-123K Provider was a tactical airlift workhorse during the Vietnam War. With two Pratt & Whitney R2800 18-cylinder radial engines, two General Electric J-85 wing-mounted ...

WASHINGTON – Neil Hansen was 400 feet off the ground when a red ball of fire flew by the tail of his C-123K transport plane and a voice on the radio warned of “triple-A” — anti-aircraft artillery. It ...