50780 / 780 Douglas C-117D Skytrooper cn 26393 / 43398 US Marine Corps MCAS Yuma 13Oct78 b

            Yuma Station Flight.
Ex USAAF 43-49132 with c/n 14948 / 26393.
Later modified to a R4D-8 with new c/n 43398.
Later redesignated to a C-117D.
No info for this aircraft after 1978.

Behind is C-117D 17166.
To the left is VA-42 TC-4C 155725. The TC-4C is a modified Gulfstream I used for A-6 Intruder training with a modified radar nose and instruments.

   

Taken in: United States / Arizona / Yuma International Airport (show map)

Taken on: October 13, 1978

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