Late 1960's - Coast Guard Fairchild C-123B #CG-4705 lifting off from runway 27-R at Opa-locka Airport photo

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Late 1960's	Courtesy of CDR Robert L. Treat, USCGR

Late 1960's - Coast Guard Fairchild C-123B #CG-4705 lifting off from runway 27-R at Opa-locka Airport

Opa-locka Airport, Dade County, Florida

Thank you to my former USCG Reserve Unit Air Station Miami Commanding Officer CDR Robert L. Treat, USCG Retired, for sending me this great old image to put on this site. The Coast Guard retired all the C-123B's in 1972. CG-4705, the aircraft in the above photo is now preserved on display at the Pima Air Museum in Tucson, Arizona.

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Paul Pillion		10-Aug-2017 22:26
I flew with Mr Treat as an AE in 68/72,mostly on Goats

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