Check Six: April 4, 1975 – 40 years ago
From the This Day in Aviation website
Operation Babylift. As the end of the Vietnam War approached it was decided to evacuate 2,000 orphans, most in the care of an American hospital in Saigon, and to take them to safety within the United States. The first flight was aboard a U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy heavy lift transport, serial number 68-0218, piloted by Captains Dennis Traynor and Tilford Harp. Continue reading
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