On the North side of Mehrabad airport, connected with a taxiway that also runs past the maintenance complex, is the so-called aerospace exhibition. This Caribou is thought to be one of two used in support of the US projects Dark Gene and IBEX which was basically spying on the Soviet Union from Iran. The C-7 was used to supply the forward deployed operatives at their listening posts.

Destroyed at Vung Tau, South Vietnam on December 21, 1965 by a direct hit from Viet Cong mortar. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Also saw service with the USAF and the CIA's Air America, Sold to the Museum of Naval Aviation as N6154S in 1992 but ultimately scrapped. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

Seen before departing EGBE for Cape May NJ, Newcal Aviation

"KAHUNA 60" a very busy Caribou, seen returning once again

Positioned inside the museum restoration hangar awaiting its turn to be worked on. It is currently on display in the Southeast Asia War Gallery.

Delivered Nov 1962 to US Army .Used in Europe by 507th Army Security Agency Group,s Special Projects Detachment at 4th AAF , West Germany on a secret intelligence-gathering project. Transferred to USAF charge Dec 31,1966 but whilst nominally then transferred to 7101st ABW at Wiesbaden AB and from Feb1969 to 7406th Support Squadron at Rhein-Main AB ,continued secretive activities on behalf of the US Army until Aug 1970 when returned to USA.Sold Oct 1986 to Darryl Greenamyer as N9012J .Operated with Chieftain Air,reputedly a covert operation in Africa .Sold to Inter-Ocean AW as C9-ATV Dec 5,1990

Aircraft hit in a Viet Cong rocket attack on April 15, 1968 during the Vietnam War.

What a great movement

What a nice movement

formerly based at the US Army's Kwajalein Missile Range (photographer not known)

Ex Ghana Air Force G-400 spent many years on Basel before being sold to the Indian Air Force as M2166. Photographer unknown

Photographer unknown

Delivered to Global Associates as N491GA in 1967. Used for a contract to support the U.S. Army at the Kwajalein Missile Range. Transferred to Atlas Corporation in 1970 then to the US Army as 66-254 in 1973. To Union Flights as N9984 in 1986. Withdrawn from use at Tucson around 1994 and probably scrapped.

The Caribou failed to live up to Ansett-MAL's hopes when the Department of Civil Aviation put restrictions its STOL performance. The aircraft was sold in the US as N11HB in June 1969. Photo by Gary Honor

Delivered to the Zambian Air Force as AF-301 in 1965. To New Cal Aviation as 9J-NAB in 1984 then reregistered as N900NC in 1985. To Union Flights in 1986 then to Opertion Blessing as 9Q-CUB in 1992. Crashed near Kalemie, DRC in 1996.

Stored at the Pima museum since September 2020. Was officially registered as N92NC on 26 July 1990, but registration never painted on. Not to be confused with the C-7B Caribou at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force (USAF Museum) at Wright-Patterson AFB, which is falsely painted as 62-4150. That aircraft is in fact 62-4193.