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Northrop YC-125B
Raider

The YC-125 was designed to operate from rough, short airfields and to be easily maintained. It was intended to be a troop and equipment transport to forward combat areas and Arctic rescue. Tests found the aircraft to be significantly underpowered for the intended missions.

Northrop YC-125B Raider

The aircraft on display is painted to represent the YC-125B used for cold weather testing and based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in 1950.