Strategic Air Command VIP transport aircraft. Retired to MASDC at Davis Monthan AFB on 15 January 1975.

Struck off charge 19 November 1979.

Retired from USN use in July 1982.

At the time slide was taken 145963 was assigned to the Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment New Orleans. Struck off charge November 1984.

Assigned to Headquarters, Air National Guard Bureau in Washington D.C. at the time slide was taken.

Retired from USAF service July 1977. Civilian registrations N10409, C-GMUM, and N865TA, which was cancelled on 10 October 1990.

To Finnair in August 1957 as OH-LRF. To LN-MTT in December 1972. To Allegheny airlines in May 1974 as N90447. To American Jet Industries in June 1974 and Concare Aircraft Leasing in March 1975. To Harrison Airways in November 1975 as C-GBHA. To Aero Dyne in November 1978 as N440AD. To Leasco Financial Corp. in January 1982, YAC Aircraft in April 1983, Saeta Aircraft Parts in April 1984. To Airways Int'l in July 1984. To Trans Texas Air Freight in June 1988. to Aero Norte in July 1988 as OB-T1326. To SASA in September 1992 as CP-2256. Written off during a forced belly landing in September 1993.

Ex ZS-KRX, registered July 1984 and transferred to Canair Cargo Apr 1991

Ex Freedom Airlines N5835, registered 14th Oct 1984 and transferred to Canair Cargo Nov 1991

This lovely old prop was delivered to United in November 1952 as N73117 as a Cv-340. It went on to fly with some classic names in American aviation including Frontier (during which it was converted to a CV-580), Aspen, Golden Gate and Sierra Pacific before storage at Tucson (TUS) in February 1988. During this time it was converted to a frighter and started with EAT/DHL in April 1989, going on in July 1995 to Swiftair as (EC-943) EC-GDY. It was bought by Skyhaul in June 2005 and ferried to George (GRJ), South Africa as ZS-SKG where it was scrapped for spares.

Ex-OH-VKN. Later LN-KLV, N8021P, C-GRNB, N202RA, HH-VAH

slide scan from the NK collection. - YU-ADR was an ex-Lufthansa Metropolitan, which was acquired by JAT in spring 1969 and flown by the company until 1973. Sold to a corporate operator as N985, the aircraft was dbr in a take off accident at Cairo in October 1976.

Photographer Erkki Sipilä.

K25 slide scan. Built as CV-340 N73131 for United Airlines. Converted to CV-580 by Lake Central January 1968. Later to Allegheny, Mountainwest, Sierra Pacific and, after Freighter conversion, Summit Airlines. Aquired by DHL October 1987 and operated by EAT as OO-DHC. Transferred to Swiftair as EC-HMR May 2000. To Air Tahoma as N586P 27 April 2004. Crashed 13 August 2004 on approach to Cincinnati after fuel mismanagement.

K25 slide scan. NAS Sigonella. Delivered 1958 as R4Y-2, redesignated C-131G 1962, later converted to VC-131G. Operated by USMC for several years. Retired to MASDC 1986. Sold on auction and registered N45962, noted stored in ARM/DMI yard Tucson 2007, registration cancelled 2012.