Convair 440, C-131 Samaritan, March Air Force Base, Photo

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Code Number:: MYFV09P15_03B
Title:: Convair 440, C-131 Samaritan, March Air Force Base; This aircraft was built by Consolodated-Vultee (Convair) at San Diego, California, USA.

Date completed: 1954

History:
October 1954: 1299th Air Transport Squadron.
May 1956: 4500th Support Squadron.
March 1960: 4500th Air Base Wing.
February 1964: 1001st Air Base Wing.
July 1968: The 1001th Air Base Wing name was changed to the 1001st Composite Wing.
April 1975 The aircraft was allocated to the 125th Fighter Intercepter Group, Florida Air National Guard.
May 31, 1989: retired from USAF service.
1989 This aircraft was acquired by the March Field Aviation Museum as seen here.
Keywords:: Convair, C-131 Samaritan, United States Air Force, Military Cargo Aircraft, Short Range Transport, Airplane, Plane, Aircraft, turbo prop, Turbo-prop, Fixed wing multi engine, Reciprocating, Propliner, Convairliners, Air Force, Military, Weapons, Armament, Aviation, Aerospace, Armed Service, History, Archive, Killingrey, Transportation, Airforce, collection, airfighters, Weaponry, war, Killingry, Historic, Historical
Image by:: Wernher Krutein

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Code Number:: MYFV09P15_03B
Title:: Convair 440, C-131 Samaritan, March Air Force Base; This aircraft was built by Consolodated-Vultee (Convair) at San Diego, California, USA.

Date completed: 1954

History:
October 1954: 1299th Air Transport Squadron.
May 1956: 4500th Support Squadron.
March 1960: 4500th Air Base Wing.
February 1964: 1001st Air Base Wing.
July 1968: The 1001th Air Base Wing name was changed to the 1001st Composite Wing.
April 1975 The aircraft was allocated to the 125th Fighter Intercepter Group, Florida Air National Guard.
May 31, 1989: retired from USAF service.
1989 This aircraft was acquired by the March Field Aviation Museum as seen here.
Keywords:: Convair, C-131 Samaritan, United States Air Force, Military Cargo Aircraft, Short Range Transport, Airplane, Plane, Aircraft, turbo prop, Turbo-prop, Fixed wing multi engine, Reciprocating, Propliner, Convairliners, Air Force, Military, Weapons, Armament, Aviation, Aerospace, Armed Service, History, Archive, Killingrey, Transportation, Airforce, collection, airfighters, Weaponry, war, Killingry, Historic, Historical
Image by:: Wernher Krutein
: Caption Disclaimer

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