After a post-military career as a fire-bomber with Hemet Valley Flying Service, registered N13746, this machine was preserved at Edwards AFB, CA from 1991. It was dismantled and airlifted to Dover AFB aboard a C-5M Galaxy on 19 December 2016, on delivery to the Air Mobility Command Museum. It is the second-oldest C-119 in existence and the only surviving aircraft from the operation that air-dropped mobile bridge sections to US Marines during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. in the Korean War.

Tanker 87 is seen landing at Hemet-Ryan airfield. Previously 48-0352. This aircraft appears in the 1982 movie The Junkman 1982 at 54 mins.

To Edward Air Force base, then Dover Air Force Base for preservation.

Parked after being withdrawn from use. Traces of its old "U.S. Air Force" titling are still visible. Preserved at Edwards AFB, CA as USAF 48-352 since 1991 but dismantled and airlifted to Dover AFB, Dover, DE aboard a Lockheed C-5M Galaxy on 19 Dec 2016, on delivery to the Air Mobility Command Museum.