page_title: List of Douglas DC-6 operators
section_title: Military operators
hierarchical_section_title: List of Douglas DC-6 operators / Military operators
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of President Harry S. Truman's airplane, a Douglas VC-118 (s/n 46-505) called "The Independence" on Wake Island on 15 October 1950. Truman went to Wake for a conference with General Douglas MacArthur whose plane is visible in the background. In 1947 USAAF officials ordered the 29th production DC-6 to be modified as a replacement for the aging Douglas VC-54C Skymaster "Sacred Cow" presidential aircraft. It differed from the standard DC-6 configuration in that the aft fuselage was converted into a stateroom. Also, the main cabin seated 24 passengers or could be made up into 12 "sleeper" berths. The VC-118 was formally commissioned by the USAAF on 4 July 1947, and was nicknamed "Independence" for Truman’s hometown in Missouri (USA). The aircraft is today in display at the National Museum of the USAF.
context_page_description: A great number of airlines and air forces from several countries included the Douglas DC-6 in their fleets at some point in time. Today most DC-6s are inactive, stored, or preserved in museums; although a number are still flying in northern bush operations in Alaska and Canada, while several are based in Europe and a few other DC-6s are still in operation for small carriers in South America.
  Below are listed known operators of this airplane, both past and present
context_section_description:  Argentina
  Argentine Air Force
   Belgium
  Belgian Air Force (Four operated from 1960)
   Bolivia
  Bolivian Air Force
   Brazil
  Brazilian Air Force
   Chile
  Chilean Air Force
   Republic of China
  Chinese Nationalist Air Force
   Colombia
  Colombian Air Force
   Ecuador
  Ecuadorian Air Force
   El Salvador
  El Salvador Air Force
   France
  French Air Force
  French Navy
   Germany
  German Air Force
   Guatemala
  Guatemalan Air Force
   Honduras
  Honduran Air Force
   Italy
  Italian Air Force operated six former civilian aircraft  from 1962 until 1981
   South Korea
  Republic of Korea Air Force
   Mexico
  Mexican Air Force
   New Zealand
  Royal New Zealand Air Force
  No. 40 Squadron RNZAF
   Panama
  Panama Air Force
   Paraguay
  Paraguayan Air Force
   Peru
  Peruvian Air Force
   Portugal
  Portuguese Air Force
   United States
  United States Air Force ♠ 
  United States Navy ♠ 
   South Vietnam
  Republic of Vietnam Air Force
   Yugoslavia
  Yugoslav Air Force
   Zambia
  Zambian Air Force
caption: Harry Truman's C-118, The Independence
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