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Fairchild C-123K
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The aircraft on display entered service in 1957
as a C-123B. In 1961-72, it served in Vietnam (first as a UC-123B,
then as a UC-123K) and flew low-level defoliant and insecticide
spray missions. During that time it received over 1,000 bullet and
shrapnel hits.
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Its nickname, "Patches," derives from the metal patches
that cover many of its battle scars. It is also decorated with seven
Purple Hearts earned by crewmen wounded in the aircraft. |
