USAF Negative Number: 80820 AC NASM Videodisc Number: 4A?26294
AIRPLANES: LANDING A crew of Japanese laborers pause momentarily at their job of runway repairs to watch a giant twin?boomed C?ll9 "Flying Boxcar" of the 3154th Troop Carrier Group come in for a landing at an airlift base in Japan. This Far East Air Forces transport of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) has completed another resupply mission to United Nations ground forces in Korea Since last September, the veteran 314th Troop Carrier Group has airlifted more than 76,000 tons of vital supplies, in addition to carrying paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team to invade enemy territory on two occasions. 8 August 1951.
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