11-117 Garand Picture of the Day

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The Airborne Troops boarding the cargo aircraft.
Location: Brazil
Date taken: April 1957

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9th Air Force advance towards the enemy at the 9th Air Force airshow at Eglin Field, FL.
Location: FL, US
Date taken: November 1948

You don't see too many Fairchild C-82As any more. They were developed into the C-119 "Flying Boxcar". I put in a few hours in those....

Jumping from the ramp was a new experience for those troopers -- no prop blast :)