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A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, dubbed the Hanoi Taxi, makes the last flight of Operation Homecoming.
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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
Retired American heavy military transport aircraft from Lockheed
The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF).…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hanoi Taxi
Operation Homecoming aircraft
Hanoi Taxi is a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter strategic airlift aircraft that was in service with the United States Air Force and became famous for bringing back the first returned prisoners of war in Operation Homecoming. This aircraft, which was delivered to the Air Force in 1967,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Operation Homecoming
1973 return of American POWs from North Vietnam
Operation Homecoming was the return of 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) held by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)