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“Bataan” Makes First Post-Restoration Flight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqgZL7z4Nx0 A little info on "Bataan" Delivered as part of a batch 10 C-121As between late 1948/early 1949, the airplane was initially assigned to the newly formed USAF's Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and participated in the Berlin Airlift. Shortly thereafter, eight of the C-121As were converted by Lockheed as high-speed VIP transports for the Air Force. Number 613 became the personal aircraft of General Douglas MacArthur and was used by him during his...
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