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5 Million Candlepower and a Massive Bullseye: Vietnam’s Cargo Jet Built to Fight at Night

During the Vietnam War, the C-123 Provider was adapted into an experimental night fighter under Operation Shed Light to ...
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1,500 Flying Hours in a Leaking Plane: The Obsolete Cargo Jet That Won Vietnam's Air War

To counter the spread of communism, the US deployed the C-123B Provider in December 1961 as part of Project Mule. The mission ...