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American twin engine military transport aircraft built 1944-48

C-82 Packet C-82A Packet General information Type Cargo and troop transport National origin United States Manufacturer Fairchild Aircraft Primary user United States Army Air Forces Number built 223 History Manufactured 1944–1948 First flight 10 September 1944 Developed into Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar

The **C-82 Packet** is a twin-engine, [twin-boom](/source/Twin-boom_aircraft) [cargo aircraft](/source/Cargo_aircraft) designed and built by [Fairchild Aircraft](/source/Fairchild_Aircraft). It was used briefly by the [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces) and the successor [United States Air Force](/source/United_States_Air_Force) following World War II.

## Design and development

Developed by Fairchild, the C-82 was intended as a heavy-lift cargo aircraft to succeed prewar civilian designs like the [Curtiss C-46 Commando](/source/Curtiss_C-46_Commando) and [Douglas C-47 Dakota](/source/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain) using non-critical materials in its construction, primarily plywood and steel, so as not to compete with the production of combat aircraft. However, by early 1943 changes in specifications resulted in plans for an all-metal aircraft. The aircraft was designed for a number of roles, including cargo carrier, troop transport, parachute drop, medical evacuation, and glider towing. It featured a rear-loading ramp with wide doors and an [empennage](/source/Empennage) set 14 feet (4.3 m) off the ground that permitted trucks and trailers to back up to the doors without obstruction. The single prototype first flew on 10 September 1944. The aircraft were built at the Fairchild factory in [Hagerstown, Maryland](/source/Hagerstown%2C_Maryland), with deliveries beginning in 1945 and ending in September 1948.

Problems surfaced almost immediately. The aircraft was found to be underpowered and its airframe inadequate for the heavy lifting it was intended to perform. As a result, the Air Force turned to Fairchild for a solution to the C-82's shortcomings. A redesign was quickly performed under the designation XC-82B, which would overcome all of the C-82A's initial problems.

## Operational history

The C-82A was first flown in 1944, with its initial delivery not until June 1945; as a result, only a few entered service before the end of the war. In the end, only 223 C-82As would be built, a small number relative to other wartime production cargo aircraft. Most were used for cargo and troop transport, although a few were deployed for [paratroop](/source/Paratrooper) operations or towing [military gliders](/source/Military_glider).

Once in service, pilots found the C-82A to be severely underpowered, with poor visibility from the cockpit. With one engine out and while carrying a load, the aircraft could not maintain level flight, and this resulted in several crashes.[1] A redesign rectifying the aircraft's main deficiencies, known as the C-82B, would eventually result in the [Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar](/source/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar) introduced in 1949.

In 1946, the United States Postal Service explored the concept of flying post offices using highly modified C-82s, which would operate similarly to those on trains where mail would be sorted by clerks and put in bags and then transferred to trucks on landing.[2]

In 1948, a C-82 was fitted with track-gear landing gear, similar to the tracks on a crawler tractor, that allowed landings on unpaved, primitive runways.[3] The track gear proved unserviceable in operational use and was abandoned.

In January 1948, C-82As with the 62d Troop Carrier Group deployed from McChord AFB to the arctic during *Project Yukon*, gaining valuable experience operating in an extreme cold weather environment.[4]

During the [Berlin Blockade](/source/Berlin_Blockade), five C-82 aircraft carried large disassembled earthmoving equipment into the city to enable the construction of [Berlin Tegel Airport](/source/Berlin_Tegel_Airport) in the fall of 1948.

While relatively unsuccessful and produced in small numbers, the C-82A served as a developmental precursor to the C-119 and [Fairchild C-123 Provider](/source/Fairchild_C-123_Provider).

The C-82 was retired from the United States Air Force inventory in 1954.[5]

		- [Trans World Airlines](/source/Trans_World_Airlines) Jet-Packet 1600, with [Westinghouse J30](/source/Westinghouse_J30)-W [turbojet](/source/Turbojet) booster engine in pod above upper fuselage (1959)

		- [M22 Locust](/source/M22_Locust) light tank being loaded into C-82

		- C-82A Packet freighter of Cruzeiro (Brasil) at [Santos Dumont Airport](/source/Santos_Dumont_Airport), Rio de Janeiro, in May 1972

		- Packet of Taxpa Airlines (Chile) in 1972

		- C-82 Packet dropping U.S. Air Force paratroops in training exercise

		- Three C-82s and various troops and cargo in 1948

		- U.S. Air Force C-82 Packet

### Civil airline operations

After the C-82A became surplus to United States Air Force requirements, small numbers were sold to civilian operators in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and the United States and these were utilized for many years as rugged freight aircraft, capable of carrying bulky items of cargo. The last example was retired in the late 1980s.

## Variants

**XC-82**
- Prototype, one built.[6]

**C-82A Packet**
- Initial production version, 220 built.[6]

**EC-82A**
- 1948, fitted with Firestone-designed tracked landing gear. 13 aircraft allocated for conversion from C-82A, but only one completed.[6][7]

**XC-82B**
- 1947, fitted with 2650hp [Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major](/source/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360_Wasp_Major) radial engines as a precursor to the C-119 series. One converted from a C-82A.[6]

**C-82N**
- 1946, Production aircraft built by [North American Aviation](/source/North_American_Aviation). Only three were completed, before the remaining 997 were cancelled.[6]

**Steward-Davis Jet-Packet 1600**
- 1956, civil conversion of Fairchild C-82A with 1,600 pounds-force (7.1 kN) [Westinghouse J30](/source/Westinghouse_J30)-W [turbojet](/source/Turbojet) booster engine in pod above upper fuselage. At least three converted.[8]

**Steward-Davis Jet-Packet 3200**
- Conversion of Jet-Packet 1600 with two J30-W engines in above-fuselage pod. One converted in 1957.[8]

**Jet-Packet 3400**
- Jet-Packet with a 3,250 lbf (14.5 kN) [Westinghouse J34-WE-34](/source/Westinghouse_J34), or 3,400 lbf (15 kN) [Westinghouse J34-WE-36](/source/Westinghouse_J34) booster engine. At least four converted from 1962.[8]

**Steward-Davis Jet-Packet II**
- Airframe weight reduction program to increase cargo weights and increased power from [Pratt & Whitney R-2800CB-16](/source/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp) engines. Application applied to at least three Jet-Packet 1600s or 3400s, including the [TWA](/source/Trans_World_Airlines) C-82A *Ontos*.[8]

**Steward-Davis Skytruck I**
- 1964, C-82A aircraft with 60,000 lb (27,000 kg) takeoff weight, improved performance and a hot-air de-icing system, one converted. The Skytruck brand-name was allegedly the inspiration for [Elleston Trevor](/source/Elleston_Trevor)'s Skytruck in the 1964 novel, *[The Flight of the Phoenix](/source/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(novel))*.

**Steward-Davis Skypallet**
- 1965 A C-82A redesign with the fuselage floor separating from the aircraft from nose to tail for large cargoes and the installation of an internal hoist. Only one aircraft was converted.[8]

## Operators

Former Operators of Fairchild C-82 Packet

**Brazil**

- [Brazilian Air Force](/source/Brazilian_Air_Force)—the Primeiro Grupo de Transporte de Tropa (1st Troop Transport Group) operated C-82s of 1956–1969[9]

- [Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul](/source/Servi%C3%A7os_A%C3%A9reos_Cruzeiro_do_Sul)

**Chile**

- Linea Aerea Taxpa Ltda

**[Honduras](/source/Honduras)**

- [Honduran Air Force](/source/Honduran_Air_Force)

**Mexico**

- [Compania Mexicana de Aviacion](/source/Mexicana_de_Aviaci%C3%B3n_(1921%E2%80%932010)) (CMA)

**United States**

- [Interior Airways](/source/MarkAir)

- [Trans World Airlines](/source/Trans_World_Airlines)—Used for transporting replacement engines

- [United States Army Air Forces](/source/United_States_Army_Air_Forces)

## Surviving aircraft

**Brazil**

- 45-57783 – C-82A stored at [Eduardo Gomes International Airport](/source/Eduardo_Gomes_International_Airport) in [Manaus](/source/Manaus). The aircraft is in poor condition.[10]

- 48-0585 – C-82A stored at the [Museu Aeroespacial](/source/Museu_Aeroespacial) at [Campo dos Afonsos](/source/Afonsos_Air_Force_Base) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro). It is an ex-Brazilian Air Force aircraft.[11]

**United States**

- 44-22991 – C-82A fuselage only in storage in the Walter Soplata Collection in [Newbury Center, Ohio](/source/Newbury_Center%2C_Ohio).[12]

- 44-23006 – C-82A on static display at the [Pima Air & Space Museum](/source/Pima_Air_%26_Space_Museum) in [Tucson, Arizona](/source/Tucson%2C_Arizona).[13]

- 45-57814 – Steward-Davis Jet-Packet 3400 on static display at the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in [Hagerstown, Maryland](/source/Hagerstown%2C_Maryland). This aircraft under the registration N9701F was used by TWA. The aircraft was flown to the airport on 15 October 2006, marking the world's last flight of a C-82.[14]

- 48-0574 – C-82A on static display at the [McChord Air Museum](/source/McChord_Field) at [McChord Field](/source/McChord_Field) in [Tacoma, Washington](/source/Tacoma%2C_Washington).[15][16]

- 48-0581 – C-82A on static display at the [National Museum of the United States Air Force](/source/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force) at [Wright-Patterson Air Force Base](/source/Wright-Patterson_Air_Force_Base) near [Dayton, Ohio](/source/Dayton%2C_Ohio).[17] This airframe was also previously owned & operated by [Northern Air Cargo](/source/Northern_Air_Cargo) under the [Registration Number](/source/Aircraft_registration): N4752C[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*]

		- On display at the [National Museum of the United States Air Force](/source/National_Museum_of_the_United_States_Air_Force)

		- 48-0574 at [McChord AFB](/source/McChord_AFB)

## Specifications (C-82A)

3-view line drawing of the Fairchild C-82A Packet

*Data from* United States Military Aircraft Since 1909[18] & *American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925*[19]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** three

- **Capacity:** 42 troops *or* 34 stretchers *or* 18,000 lb (8.16 t) cargo

- **Length:** 77 ft 1 in (23.50 m)

- **Wingspan:** 106 ft 5+1⁄2 in (32.45 m)

- **Height:** 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m)

- **Wing area:** 1,400 sq ft (130.1 m2)

- **Empty weight:** 32,500 lb (14,742 kg)

- **Gross weight:** 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) [20]

- **Max takeoff weight:** 54,000 lb (24,494 kg)

- **Fuel capacity:** 2,600 US gal (2,200 imp gal; 9,800 L)[20]

- **Powerplant:** 2 × [Pratt & Whitney R-2800](/source/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-2800_Double_Wasp)-85 18-cylinder, two-row [radial engines](/source/Radial_engine), 2,100 hp (1,600 kW) each

- **Propellers:** 3-bladed [Hamilton Standard](/source/Hamilton_Standard) Hydromatic, 15 ft 2 in (4.62 m) diameter [20]

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 248 mph (399 km/h, 216 kn) at 17,500 ft (5,300 m)

- **Cruise speed:** 218 mph (351 km/h, 189 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,050 m)

- **Stall speed:** 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn) with full flaps[20]

- **Range:** 3,875 mi (6,236 km, 3,367 nmi)

- **Service ceiling:** 21,200 ft (6,500 m)

- **Rate of climb:** 950 ft/min (4.8 m/s)

- **Takeoff distance to 50 ft (15m):** 1,100 yd (3,300 ft; 1,000 m)

- **Landing distance from 50 ft (15 m):** 625 yd (1,875 ft; 572 m)

## Popular culture

Fairchild C-82A N53228 painted in the markings of the fictional *Arabco Oil Company* for the 1965 film *[The Flight of the Phoenix](/source/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(1965_film))*, seen here in 1970

The C-82 is perhaps best known for its role in the 1964 novel *[The Flight of the Phoenix](/source/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(novel))*, and [Robert Aldrich](/source/Robert_Aldrich)'s original [1965 film version](/source/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(1965_film)). Based on the novel by [Elleston Trevor](/source/Elleston_Trevor), the story features a C-82A Packet operated by the fictional *Arabco Oil Company*. It crashes in the Libyan desert, and is rebuilt by the passengers and crew, using one tail boom, and is then flown to safety. Such an aircraft was made for the movie, the [Tallmantz Phoenix P-1](/source/Tallmantz_Phoenix_P-1). It was certified airworthy by the [Federal Aviation Administration](/source/Federal_Aviation_Administration). [Paul Mantz](/source/Paul_Mantz), possibly the greatest Hollywood stunt pilot in history with 25,000 flight hours, was killed with the cameras rolling when he bounced the skids of the craft down too hard in a touch-and-go, buckling and breaking the fuselage behind the wing, sending the craft nose-down hard into the desert, tumbling it completely over at 90 mph. Mantz was killed instantly.[21]

### Minor league baseball namesake

In 1953, the local minor league baseball team in Hagerstown, Maryland, was the Hagerstown Braves, so called because they were a minor league affiliate of the major league [Milwaukee Braves](/source/Atlanta_Braves#Milwaukee_(1953–1965)). The Hagerstown team switched affiliation to the [Washington Senators](/source/History_of_the_Washington_Senators_(1901%E2%80%931960)) for the 1954 season. Instead of using the major league nickname, they chose the name [Hagerstown Packets](/source/Hagerstown_Owls#1954-1955:_Hagerstown_Packets) in tribute to the C-82.[22] The Hagerstown Packets played in the [Piedmont League](/source/Piedmont_League) during the 1954 and 1955 seasons.[23]

## See also

**Related development**

- [Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar](/source/Fairchild_C-119_Flying_Boxcar)

- [Fairchild XC-120 Packplane](/source/Fairchild_XC-120_Packplane)

**Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era**

- [Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy](/source/Armstrong_Whitworth_AW.660_Argosy)

- [Fairchild C-123 Provider](/source/Fairchild_C-123_Provider)

- [Gotha Go 244](/source/Gotha_Go_244)

- [Nord Noratlas](/source/Nord_Noratlas)

## References

### Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Hird, Tom, *The Crash of Fairchild C-82 N208M*, retrieved 19 September 2025](https://ruudleeuw.com/crash-c82-n208m-tom_hird.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Tomorrow's Mail Trains"](https://books.google.com/books?id=7SADAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science+May+1946+%22mail+trains%22&pg=PA130). *Popular Science*, May 1946.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Popular Science*, August 1948, p. 79](https://books.google.com/books?id=QCgDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science+1930&pg=PA79).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [McChord Air Museum Collection, *Fairchild C-82A Packet*, retrieved 19 September 2025](https://mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20C-82%20BORDER.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Fairchild C-82A Packet"](http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20C-82%20BORDER.htm). McChord Air Museum. Retrieved: 24 August 2014.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_Fair_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_Fair_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_Fair_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_Fair_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_Fair_6-4) ["American Airplanes: Fairchild."](http://aerofiles.com/_fair.html) *Aerofiles.com*, 11 December 2008. Retrieved: 11 October 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-C-82_7-0)** Beck, Simon. ["C-82 Packet."](http://www.c82packet.com/index.html) *c82packet.com.* Retrieved: 31 December 2013.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_st_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_st_8-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_st_8-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_st_8-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-aerofiles_st_8-4) ["American airplanes: St - Sz: Steward-Davies"](http://aerofiles.com/_st.html). *Aerofiles.com*. Retrieved 31 December 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Beck, Simon D. (15 November 2017). [*Fairchild C-82 Packet: The Military and Civil History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=j5lBDwAAQBAJ&q=primeiro+grupo+de+transporte+de+tropa+C-82+planes&pg=PA284). McFarland. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781476669755](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781476669755).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Airframe Dossier - Fairchild C-82A Packet, s/n 45-57783 USAAF, c/n 10153, c/r PP-CEL"](http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=81726). *Aerial Visuals*. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Airframe Dossier - FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 2202 FABr"](http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=70370). *Aerial Visuals*. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Airframe Dossier - FairchildC-82 Packet / C-119 Flying Boxcar, s/n 44-22991 USAAF, c/n 10035"](http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=74186). *Aerial Visuals*. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["PACKET"](https://web.archive.org/web/20170202005502/http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/fairchild-c-82a-packet). *Pima Air & Space Museum*. Pimaair.org. Archived from [the original](http://www.pimaair.org/aircraft-by-name/item/fairchild-c-82a-packet) on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["1948 Fairchild C-82A Packet "Flying Boxcar""](https://web.archive.org/web/20161113034227/http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/museumaircraft/1945fairchildc82.html). *Hagerstown Aviation Museum*. Archived from [the original](http://www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/museumaircraft/1945fairchildc82.html) on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["FAIRCHILD C-82A PACKET"](http://www.mcchordairmuseum.org/REV%20B%20MAM%20COLLECTION%20C-82%20BORDER.htm). *McChord Air Museum*. The McChord Air Museum Foundation. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Airframe Dossier& - Fairchild C-82A Packet, s/n 48-0574 USAAF, c/r N4753C"](http://aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=16904). *Aerial Visuals*. AerialVisuals.ca. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-17)** ["Fairchild C-82 Packet"](https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/195679/fairchild-c-82-packet/). *National Museum of the US Air Force*. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Swan_Mil_p265_18-0)** Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 265.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJohnson2013142_19-0)** [Johnson 2013](#CITEREFJohnson2013), p. 142.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-jawa48p259c_20-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-jawa48p259c_20-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-jawa48p259c_20-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-jawa48p259c_20-3) Bridgman 1948, p. 259c

1. **[^](#cite_ref-21)** V, Rob (October 30, 2019). ["Hollywood's Stunt Pilots: A Short History of the Earliest Aerial Stuntmen"](https://www.century-of-flight.net/hollywoods-stunt-pilots/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-22)** "Packets Selected as Nickname". *The Morning Herald*. Hagerstown, Maryland. December 23, 1953.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-23)** ["Hagerstown, Maryland Minor League History"](https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Hagerstown&state=MD&country=US). *Baseball-Reference.com*. Retrieved November 24, 2014.

### Bibliography

- Bridgman, Leonard. *Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1948*. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company.

- Johnson, E. R. (2013). *American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925*. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7864-6269-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7864-6269-8).

- Lloyd, Alwyn T. *Fairchild C-82 Packet and C-119 Flying Boxcar*. Hinckley, UK: Aerofax, 2005. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-85780-201-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85780-201-2).

- Swanborough, F. G. and Peter M. Bowers. *United States Military Aircraft Since 1909* (1st ed.). London: Putnam, 1963.

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Fairchild C-82 Packet](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fairchild_C-82_Packet).

- ["Super Size Freighter Resembles P-38 Fighter"](https://books.google.com/books?id=ht8DAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+mechanic+antitank+1941&pg=PA16), *Popular Mechanics*, March 1944; first illustration of C-82 released to public—bottom half of p. 16

- [C-82 packet](http://www.c82packet.com/civilhistory.html)

v t e Fairchild aircraft Manufacturer designations FB-3 FC-1 FC-2 KR-21 KR-31 KR-34 KR-125 KR-135 21 22 24 41 42 45 46 51 61 62 71 77 78/78 79 80 81 82 91 100 105 107 110 150 164 203 205 224 473 484 534 538 By role Experimental VZ-5 XC-120 Packplane XBQ-3 XH-26 Jet Jeep Passenger transports FC-1 FC-2 21 22 24 41 42 45 46 51 71 81 82 91 92 100 Pilgrim 150 228 (Pilatus) PC-6 Military trainers AT-21 Gunner PT-19 PT-23 PT-26 XNQ Military transports AU-23 Peacemaker C-26 Metroliner C-82 Packet C-119 Flying Boxcar C-123 Provider Drones and missiles AQM-41 KAQ SD-5 Osprey SM-73 Goose Fairchild (Canada) 81, 82, 34-42 Niska 45-80 Sekani 51/71 (Bristol) Bolingbroke F-11 Husky (Handley Page) Hampden SBF Helldiver Super 71 Fairchild-Dornier 228 328 328JET Fairchild Hiller F-27/FH-227 FH-1100 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt T-46 Fairchild Swearingen Merlin Metroliner American Helicopter XA-8 See also Ranger/Fairchild aeroengines Fairchild Industries

v t e North American and Rockwell International aircraft Manufacturer "Charge Number" NA-15 NA-16 NA-17 NA-18 NA-19 NA-20 NA-21 NA-22 NA-23 NA-24 NA-25 NA-26 NA-27 NA-28 NA-29 NA-30 NA-31 NA-32 NA-33 NA-34 NA-35 NA-36 NA-37 NA-38 NA-39 NA-40 NA-41 NA-42 NA-43 NA-44 NA-45 NA-46 NA-47 NA-48 NA-49 NA-50 NA-51 NA-52 NA-53 NA-54 NA-55 NA-56 NA-57 NA-58 NA-59 NA-60 NA-61 NA-62 NA-63 NA-64 NA-65 NA-66 NA-67 NA-68 NA-69 NA-70 NA-71 NA-72 NA-73 NA-74 NA-75 NA-76 NA-77 NA-78 NA-79 NA-80 NA-81 NA-82 NA-83 NA-84 NA-85 NA-86 NA-87 NA-88 NA-89 NA-90 NA-91 NA-92 NA-93 NA-94 NA-95 NA-96 NA-97 NA-98 NA-99 NA-100 NA-101 NA-102 NA-103 NA-104 NA-105 NA-106 NA-107 NA-108 NA-109 NA-110 NA-111 NA-112 NA-113 NA-114 NA-115 NA-116 NA-117 NA-118 NA-119 NA-120 NA-121 NA-122 NA-123 NA-124 NA-125 NA-126 NA-127 NA-128 NA-129 NA-130 NA-131 NA-132 NA-133 NA-134 NA-135 NA-136 NA-137 NA-138 NA-139 NA-140 NA-141 NA-142 NA-143 NA-144 NA-145 NA-146 NA-147 NA-148 NA-149 NA-150 NA-151 NA-152 NA-153 NA-154 NA-155 NA-156 NA-157 NA-158 NA-159 NA-160 NA-161 NA-162 NA-163 NA-164 NA-165 NA-166 NA-167 NA-168 NA-169 NA-170 NA-171 NA-172 NA-173 NA-174 NA-175 NA-176 NA-177 NA-178 NA-179 NA-180 NA-181 NA-182 NA-183 NA-184 NA-185 NA-186 NA-187 NA-188 NA-189 NA-190 NA-191 NA-192 NA-193 NA-194 NA-195 NA-196 NA-197 NA-198 NA-199 NA-200 NA-201 NA-202 NA-203 NA-204 NA-205 NA-206 NA-207 NA-208 NA-209 NA-210 NA-211 NA-212 NA-213 NA-214 NA-215 NA-216 NA-217 NA-218 NA-219 NA-220 NA-221 NA-222 NA-223 NA-224 NA-225 NA-226 NA-227 NA-228 NA-229 NA-230 NA-231 NA-232 NA-233 NA-234 NA-235 NA-236 NA-237 NA-238 NA-239 NA-240 NA-241 NA-242 NA-243 NA-244 NA-245 NA-246 NA-247 NA-248 NA-249 NA-250 NA-251 NA-252 NA-253 NA-254 NA-255 NA-256 NA-257 NA-258 NA-259 NA-260 NA-261 NA-262 NA-263 NA-264 NA-265 NA-266 NA-267 NA-268 NA-269 NA-270 NA-271 NA-272 NA-273 NA-274 NA-275 NA-276 NA-277 NA-278 NA-279 NA-280 NA-281 NA-282 NA-283 NA-284 NA-285 NA-286 NA-287 NA-288 NA-289 NA-290 NA-291 NA-292 NA-293 NA-294 NA-295 NA-296 NA-297 NA-298 NA-299 NA-300 NA-301 NA-302 NA-303 NA-304 NA-305 NA-306 NA-307 NA-308 NA-309 NA-310 NA-311 NA-312 NA-313 NA-314 NA-315 NA-316 NA-317 NA-318 NA-319 NA-320 NA-321 NA-322 NA-323 NA-324 NA-325 NA-326 NA-327 NA-328 NA-329 NA-330 NA-331 NA-332 NA-333 NA-334 NA-335 NA-336 NA-337 NA-338 NA-339 NA-340 NA-341 NA-342 NA-343 NA-344 NA-345 NA-346 NA-347 NA-348 NA-349 NA-350 NA-351 NA-352 NA-353 NA-354 NA-355 NA-356 NA-357 NA-358 NA-359 NA-360 NA-361 NA-362 NA-363 NA-364 NA-365 NA-366 NA-367 NA-368 NA-369 NA-370 NA-371 NA-372 NA-373 NA-374 NA-375 NA-376 NA-377 NA-378 NA-379 NA-380 NA-381 NA-382 NA-383 NA-384 NA-385 NA-386 NA-387 NA-388 NA-389 NA-390 NA-391 NA-392 NA-393 NA-394 NA-395 NA-396 NA-397 NA-398 NA-399 NA-400 NA-401 NA-402 NA-403 NA-404 NA-405 NA-406 NA-407 NA-420 NA-430 NA-431 D481 NA-704 By role Fighters P-51 Mustang P-64 F-82 Twin Mustang F-86/F-86D Sabre YF-93 F-100 Super Sabre F-107 XF-108 Rapier FJ-1 FJ-2/3 Fury FJ-4 Fury F-1 XFV-12 Bombers XB-21 B-25 Mitchell XB-28 Dragon B-45 Tornado B-64 XB-70 Valkyrie B-1 Lancer Attack A-27 A-36 "Mustang" AJ Savage XA2J Super Savage A3J A-2 A-5 Vigilante Observation O-47 L-17 OV-10 Bronco Trainers NA-16 NA-35 BT-9 BT-10 BT-14 Yale BC-1 Harvard BC-2 AT-6 Texan T-6 Texan NJ-1 SNJ XSN2J T2J T3J T-28 Trojan T-39 T-2 Buckeye Ranger 2000 Transports NAC-60 Drones MQM-42 Experimental X-10 X-15 X-30 X-31 HiMAT Missiles SSM-N-4 SM-64 GAM-77 AGM-28 AGM-53 Spacecraft Apollo command and service module DC-3 Space Shuttle By name Apache Bronco Buckeye Fury Harvard HiMAT Hound Dog Invader Lancer Mitchell Mustang Navaho Navion Ranger Rapier Redhead Roadrunner Sabre Sabre Dog Sabreliner Savage Super Sabre Super Savage Taurus Texan Tornado Torito Trojan Twin Mustang Valkyrie Vigilante Yale See also: Aero Commander

v t e United States military transport aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems Army/Air Force sequence (1925–1962) C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-7 C-8 C-9 C-10 C-11 C-12 C-131 C-14 C-15 C-16 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-20 C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-26 C-27 C-28 C-29 C-30 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-34 C-35 C-36 C-37 C-38 C-39 C-40 C-41 C-41A C-42 C-43 C-44 C-45 C-46 C-47 C-47F C-47T AC-47 C-48 C-49 C-50 C-51 C-52 C-53 C-54 C-55 C-56 C-57 C-58 C-59 C-60 C-61 C-62 C-63 C-64 C-65 C-66 C-67 C-68 C-69 C-70 C-70B C-71 C-72 C-73 C-74 C-75 C-76 C-77 C-77B–D C-78 C-79 C-80 C-81 C-82 C-83 C-83A C-83B C-84 C-85 C-86 C-87 C-88 C-89 C-90 C-91 C-92 C-93 C-94 C-95 C-96 C-97 KC-97 C-98 C-99 C-100 C-101 C-102 C-103 C-104 C-105 C-106 C-107 C-108 C-109 C-110 C-111 C-112 C-113 C-114 C-115 C-116 C-117 C-117D C-118 C-119 AC-119 C-120 C-121 C-121F EC-121 C-122 C-123 C-123A C-124 C-125 C-126 C-1272 DHC C-127 Douglas C-127 C-128 C-129 C-130 C-130J AC-130 DC-130 EC-130/H HC-130 KC-130 LC-130 MC-130 WC-130 C-131 NC-131H C-132 C-133 C-134 C-135 KC-135 C-136 C-1372 Boeing YC-137 DHC YC-137 C-137 C-1381 C-1391 C-140 C-141 C-142 Tri-service sequence (1962–present) C-1 C-2 C-3 C-4 C-5 C-6 C-72 C-7 RC-7 C-8 C-9 C-102 C-10 KC-10 C-11 C-12 RC-12 C-131 C-14 C-15 C-161 C-17 C-18 C-19 C-202 C-20A–D C-20F–J C-21 C-22 C-23 C-24 C-25 C-25B Bridge C-26 C-27 C-27J C-28 C-29 C-301 C-31 C-32 C-33 C-341 C-35 C-363 C-37 C-37B C-38 C-391 C-40 C-41 C-421 C-431 C-441 C-45 C-46 Revived original sequence (2005–present) C-143 C-144 C-145 C-146 C-147 Non-sequential designations C-767 C-880 Related designations CT-39 CT-43 CV-2 CV-7 1 Not assigned • 2 Assigned to multiple types • 3 Unconfirmed

Authority control databases NARA

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