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...vention. Spraying was principally done from modified C-123 Provider light transport aircraft without extensive chemical protection for the crews. The program was calle

.... This includes [[close air support]], [[battlefield air interdiction]], [[transport aircraft|transport]], [[paratroop|airdrop]], medical evacuation, and reconnaissance. [[Transport aircraft]], flying through the "Hump" of the [[Himalayas]], above the planned ceilin

| title = The Berlin Airlift}}</ref> In modern terms, these are tiny [[transport aircraft]], but the C-54 was available and would become the principal instrument of

...ry the supplies to sustain a unit, whose personnel may fly in on passenger transport aircraft and man the equipment aboard the ships. The most common grouping is a squad

...operates a all-weather day/night airbase capable of operating C-5 Galaxy transport aircraft, the largest in the United States Air Force. It organizes multilateral exer

...ormally denotes a [[special operations]] variant, where "C" designates a [[transport aircraft]]. The Marines and Air Force appear to have, for unclear reasons, reversed

...xy, two specially designed C-5C's were procured by NASA for use as a heavy transport aircraft and flown by United States Air Force|USAF crews. ...n the early 1960's a single C-141A was procured by NASA for use as a heavy transport aircraft.

...e]]. Their operational security always held, so when fighters intercepted transport aircraft or submarines torpedoed oil tankers, there was always a plausible cover sto

...953, the French dropped a [[paratroop]] force into Dien Bien Phu, using 65 transport aircraft supported by fighters and bombers. <ref>Fall, HVSP, pp. 1-4</ref> Once lan

...and maritime strike surveillance. In U.S. service, these missions went to transport aircraft derivatives such as the [[P-3 Orion]] and [[RC-135 RIVET JOINT]].

...o concluded that they did not have, and were unlikely ever to have, enough transport aircraft to drop a unit of useful size.

...hin a theater, it can be lifted, although not without challenge, by medium transport aircraft such as the fixed-wing C-130 or the CH-47 helicopter. ...e Combat Teams (IBCT) are planned. These are intended to be deployable by transport aircraft.

...n peacekeepers are being flown from Kigali,Rwanda and Abuja, Nigeria by US transport aircraft.<ref name=USAFdarfur>{{citation

...due to the fact that the fan of a high-bypass turbofan engine, typical on transport aircraft, acts as a centrifugal separator to force ingested materials (birds, ice, e

...uperiority, a militarily significant quantity of bearings could fit into a transport aircraft.

...o take off. With a relevant exception here, KC-135 started as conventional transport aircraft, and had a number of fuel tanks added in aerodynamically efficient places t

...st invulnerable to ground weapons, but it can be flown only in the largest transport aircraft, is too heavy for many third world bridges, and too wide for many streets i While they can be flown in tactical transport aircraft, medium fighting vehicles such as the Stryker or LAV III cannot go directly

...which palletized supplies were pulled out of the cargo bay of a low-flying transport aircraft by means of an attached parachute. The pallet slid to a halt on the airstri

...rattacks included barrels of [[napalm]] rolled out of the cargo doors of [[transport aircraft]]. A total of approximately 20,000 casualties led to internal political cr

...in heavy rocket launchers in the final assault on [[Dien Bien Phu]]. U.S. transport aircraft, operated by a CIA proprietary airline, supported the French, including wit