page_title: Fairchild C-123 Provider
section_title: Surviving Aircraft
hierarchical_section_title: Fairchild C-123 Provider / Surviving Aircraft
caption_attribution_description: English: Fairchild C-123K Provider
context_page_description: The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and then built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. In addition to its USAF service, which included later service with the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard, it also went on to serve most notably with the U.S. Coast Guard and various air forces in Southeast Asia. During the War in Vietnam, the C-123 was used to deliver supplies, to evacuate the wounded, and also used to spray Agent Orange.
context_section_description: 54-0555 – Royal Thai Air Force Museum, Don Muang AFB.
  54-0576 – Jesada Technik Museum, Thailand, C-123K (aircraft used in Operation Dumbo Drop)
  54-0580 – Pima Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona, C-123(B)K (On loan from US Forest Service)
  54-0593 – Wilford Hall Medical Center, Lackland AFB, Texas
  54-0604 – Dyess AFB, Texas, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF)
  54-0609 – Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, C-123K
  54-0610 – Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF).
  54-0612 – March ARB, California, March Field Air Museum, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF).
  54-0624 – Benito Ebuen AFB, Mactan Island, Philippines, PAF
  54-0629 – McGuire AFB, Trenton, New Jersey
  54-0633 – Robins AFB, Georgia, Museum of Aviation, C-123B (on loan from NMUSAF).
  54-0658 – Dover AFB, Delaware, Air Mobility Command Museum, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF).
  54-0663 – El Avion restaurant in Hotel Costa Verde, Costa Rica has the twin of the CIA-operated aircraft downed by the Sandinista forces over Nicaragua in 1986. The aircraft has been converted into a bar.
  54-0664 – Air Heritage Museum in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; this museum's C-123K, nicknamed "ThunderPig," is operational and available for air shows.
  54-0668 – Lackland AFB, Texas, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF)
  54-0669 – Pope AAF (former Pope AFB), North Carolina, Pope Air Park, C-123K (painted as AF Ser. No. 54-0372) (on loan from NMUSAF)
  54-0674 – Air America Foundation, Inc., owns a C-123K, housed at Space Coast Regional Airport, Titusville, Florida.
  54-0683 – Air Force Flight Test Museum, California, sitting alongside a C-119 Flying Boxcar on an unused runway south of the air base. This aircraft was auctioned off in early 2016.
  54-0687 – Muan International Airport, South Korea
  54-0695 – Mid-America Transportation and Aviation Museum, Sioux City, Iowa.
  55-4505 – Pima Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB), Tucson, Arizona, C-123B (on loan from NMUSAF, former Ranch Hand aircraft)
  55-4507 – Travis AFB, California, Travis Air Museum, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF).
  55-4509 – Jeju Aerospace Museum, South Korea
  55-4512 – Castle Airport (former Castle AFB), California, Castle Air Museum, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF).
  55-4533 – Hurlburt Field, Florida, Hurlburt Field Memorial Air Park, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF)
  55-4558 – Museum of Alaska Transport and Industry, Wasilla Airport, Alaska
  55-4567 – Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, C-123K (on loan from NMUSAF)
  56-4360 – Jinpo maritime Theme park, Gunsan, South Korea
  56-4361 – Wendover Airport, Wendover, Utah
  56-4362 – National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, C-123K (Patches, former Ranch Hand aircraft).
  56-4375 – Ilopango International Airport, El Salvador, C-123K with serial FAS-122 is on static display, this is one of the original aircraft provided by the United States Air Force to the Salvadorean Air Force during the Salvadoran Civil War. When was in service with the USAF, it was used, by General William Westmoreland, during the Vietnam War conflict, back then was called "The White Whale" VC-123B 56-4375 (AF 56-4375) which were used as VIP transports.
  56-4386/9 – War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
  56-4395 – Former Kulis ANGB, Anchorage, Alaska, C-123J (on loan from NMUSAF)
  UNKNOWN – SpringHill Camps, Evart, Michigan. This C-123K has been repurposed as a camp cabin for year-round use.
  UNKNOWN – Caltex gas station, Bang Whua subdistrict, Bang Pakong district, Chachoengsao province, Thailand. Retired C-123B of the Royal Thai Air Force converted into a cafe called "Coffee 123" or more popularly known by the locals as the airplane cafe.
  Several other examples of C-123s remain in an active flying status, operated by private owners in the United States or by various air forces worldwide.
caption: C-123K display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB
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