The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) is an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II -era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to …

Introduced during the 1950s, the R4Q-2 Packet was a versatile transport aircraft that played a crucial role in the Marine Corps' logistical operations and troop movements. Derived from the C-119 Flying Boxcar, the R4Q-2 Packet possessed enhanced capabilities that made it well-suited for tactical and strategic airlift missions.

VR-24 added a number of R4Qs, otherwise known as C-119 "Flying Boxcars", to its inventory in early 1961. Details are now hazy, but the aircraft were reportedly acquired from a U.S.M.C VMR squadron that had been operating in the Mediterranean since the Beriut incident in 1958.

USMC R4Q Packet BuNo 131663 was one of twenty aircraft airlifting 1,600 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) second-class (2/c) midshipmen between summer aviation training in Texas and amphibious warfare training in Virginia in July 1953. Shortly after midnight, the plane crashed and burned following a refueling stop in Florida.

The Fairchild R4Q Packet was an unusual and useful transport air- craft flown for more than two decades by the U.S. Marine Corps. Generally known as the “flying boxcar,” the R4Q was unusual in having a large, uninterrupted cargo compartment with easy loading and unloading.

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to …

Navy R4Q-2 (redesignated as C-119F in 1962) was powered by two Wright R-3350-85 engines, and had the same dimensions as the R4Q-1, but with the more powerful engines its gross weight had been increased to 77,000 pounds. The Marine Corps began receiving the R4Q-2 in March

In the 1965 version with Jimmy Stewart, the following aircraft were used in various roles. Two C-82A Fairchild Packets. One Marine R4Q-1, BuNo 126580 was used to make a non-flying Phoenix prop, which had an operating engine and was taxied by Stewart in the movie.

The R4Q/C-119 were twin engine, twin boom transport / paratrooper aircraft equipped with a 36 ft 11 in long, 9 ft 2 in wide, 9 ft 10 in high cargo fuselage with clamshell aft facing doors capable of loading artillery or small vehicles.

The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (Navy and Marine Corps designation R4Q) was an American military transport aircraft developed from the World War II-era Fairchild C-82 Packet, designed to carry cargo, personnel, litter patients, and mechanized equipment, and to …