The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American twin-engined military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the United States Air Force. It began as the Chase XCG-20 assault glider, and two powered prototypes followed in the early 1950s, the piston-engined XC-123 and the four-jet XC-123A. After a pricing scandal ended Henry J. Kaiser's involvement, Fairchild took over production of the refined C-123B. Besides the Air Force, with its Reserve and Air National Guard, it served with the Coast Guard and several Southeast Asian air forces. In the Vietnam War it carried supplies, evacuated the wounded, inserted agents and sprayed Agent Orange during Operation Ranch Hand. About 180 C-123Bs were later fitted with underwing jet pods as C-123Ks. Its short, rough-field ability made it valuable, and it is unusual in having flown under piston, jet and turboprop power and as a glider.
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Design and development, piston engines
The XC-123 used two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-23 air-cooled radial piston engines
Specifications (C-123K Provider), jet boosters
Powerplant: 2 × General Electric J85-GE-17 turbojet engines, 2,850 lbf (12.7 kN) thrust each
Specifications (C-123K Provider), speed
Maximum speed: 228 mph (367 km/h, 198 kn) at 10,000 ft (3,048 m)
Specifications (C-123K Provider), empty mass
Empty weight: 35,366 lb (16,042 kg)
Specifications (C-123K Provider), maximum mass
Max takeoff weight: 60,000 lb (27,216 kg)
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The Fairchild C-123 Provider is an American military transport aircraft designed by Chase Aircraft and built by Fairchild Aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
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