Fairchild C-123 'Provider' of the 220th Airlift Wing at Mactan Air Base* (RPVM) photo

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Summer of 1979	Jack Hannen

Fairchild C-123 'Provider' of the 220th Airlift Wing at Mactan Air Base* (RPVM)

Lapu-lapu City, Mactan Island, Cebu

Philippine Air Force (PAF) fleet of Fairchild C-123 Provider. 220th Airlift Wing.

During the Vietnam War, these aircraft were used to spray Agent Orange.

This photo was taken using a Kodak Instamatic 135mm film camera as my plane was
taxiing towards Mactan Terminal, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu (RPVM).

*Renamed Brig. Gen. Benito N Ebuen Air Base.

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Guest		17-Jan-2023 22:34
Was there an C-123 in the Mactan in 1967???

Guest		15-Jul-2022 07:12
Was Agent Orange flown out of Mactan Air Base during Vietnam? Was Agent Orange also stored there?

Philippine Aviation		29-Nov-2021 12:05
Rap, you are lucky to have flown on one of those historic aircraft. :)

rap		02-Nov-2021 12:08
naalala ko noon sa cebu ayaw ko sumakay nito nkakatakot ,, but those days i was just only a kid during 70s andmy father was an enlited man in the airforce

Philippine Aviation		03-Jun-2021 05:24
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David		06-Sep-2018 18:11
does anyone have pictures of the c-123s at Clark AB at anytime from 1971-1974

Philippine Aviation		07-May-2017 17:31
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Guest		29-Jun-2015 02:51
I worked on the C-123's at Mactan in 1973

Philippine Aviation		20-Sep-2014 22:51
Thank you for your comment JOMEL. It is nice to read your names of actual Air Force personnel who were once associated with the C-123. :)

Jomel		20-Sep-2014 20:10
My father is a retired airman (PAF), i want to inform some of the guest here that the C-123 is once part of the Philippine Airforce air asset, i used to take those planes when i visit my grandparents. Those planes were all grounded now, one plane the C-123 with t/n 624 is still on display today(sept 21, 2014) near the Airmen's Village at the Benito Ebuen Airbase (formerly Mactan Airbase) i knew some PAF pilots who flew those planes before, Col Winston Nietes( test pilot), Maj Gomez(went to Angola in the 8o's), and crew members with such names as TSGT Sarad(location unknown), SSGT Dayot and 2LT Wilfredo DIaz who were presently(sept 21, 2014) living with their family in the town of Dingle, province of Iloilo, Philippines. Col Nietes have already passed away years back after serving as deputy base commander of the 560 ABW in Mactan. a certain Col Distura an aircraft mechanic also passed away in his hometown in Dumangas, Iloilo, Philippines. The last time i think that i saw it flying (if ever it did fly) was in the movie Con Air starring Nicolas Cage. The plane in the movie is a C-123 plane.

Philippine Aviation		23-Apr-2013 00:45
T.J. thanks for sharing this valuable background & information.

T.J. Fitton		17-Apr-2013 23:24
The PAF was given 16 C-123Ks from MAP stocks in Feb 1973 they were assigned to 220 HAW/221 HAS. Korea and Thailand also received 16 each from MAP stocks this date. These were combat aircraft and had not been cleaned out or painted in about 10 years.

T.J. Fitton		17-Apr-2013 20:59
C-123s were replaced in vn 1971-73 by usaf c-130Amodels. The C-123s were sprayers and were never cleaned out. I flew several sorties in PAF C-123K 624 to deliver radar sets to Lubang Island in 1980-81. These C-123s were full of the sray after 7or 8 years spraying it in Vietnam. It was fun to fly with the PAF in the C-123. However, we were not told these aircraft were containinated and as a result I have diabetes and have lost my legs as a result of my flights! Would love to hear from Captain Pobres of the 221 HAS

Philippine Aviation		21-Feb-2013 07:11
Hi Don, I don't know when the C-123s were flown into Mactan. I don't think the Philippine Air Force had anything to do with Agent Orange which was solely a USAF operation.

Donald F. Wriston		20-Feb-2013 17:15
Did the c123 fly into Mactan Air Base in 1968 and 1969? Did they fly Agent Orange from Mactan to Vietnam?

Philippine Aviation		26-Jul-2012 02:41
Hi Guest who commented on 25 July. This is an authentic photo. Per Wikipedia, "Museum examples of C-123s include those located at: . . . Benito Ebuen AFB, Mactan Island, Philippines, PAF" Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_C-123_Provider

Guest		25-Jul-2012 20:15
meron b talaga tau nito bka another photoshop nnmn..

Guest		11-Jun-2012 12:19
way back the 70's

Guest		02-May-2012 13:48
my gnito b taung aircraft parang wala nmn...

Philippine Aviation		06-Mar-2012 07:08
Mar. 6, 2012. This image has just been updated with a cleaner & better quality one today.

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