Not a bad photo for a 12 year old with a Kodak Brownie Camera! When I took this photo the a/c was assigned to the National Parachute Facility at NAF El Centro, CA. Transferred to the USAF in December 1969 as 54-137741. Exported to Cambodian Air Force in 1972. In 1975 a Cambodian pilot used this a/c to escape to Thailand. To Philippine Air Force in 1976 as 137741. Withdrawn from use, exported to the U.S. and registered as N2052H. Currently registered as N1728T as of September 2003.

This a/c was later converted to a C-123K. Retired to MASDC on 3 June 1981. Registered as HR-ALK and operated by the CIA in Honduras. Later owned by various owners as N674JK and N38LF, which expired in February 2013.

Assigned to Naval Air Training Unit New Orleans when the photo was taken. This a/c was transferred to S. Vietnam, and eventually from there to Indonesia.