They’d fly it again, if they had the chance. Among the group gathered at Delaware’s Dover Air Force Base, there’s a man for every crew station at the ready. They flew, maintained, navigated, and ...

On this date in aviation history-April 23, 1956-we mark the 69th anniversary of the first flight of the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster. This massive aircraft was developed in response to the United States ...

In 1957, the U.S. Air Force introduced a plane that was the largest cargo aircraft in the world, the C-133 Cargomaster, and selected Dover Air Force Base as one of two home ports for the new transport ...

Members of the military are a notoriously close-knit group, but perhaps none are more so than the men who flew and maintained the Air Force’s C-133 airplane during the Cold War. Otherwise known as the ...

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