In this May 1966 file photo, a U.S. Air Force C-123 flies low along a South Vietnamese highway spraying defoliants on dense jungle growth beside the road to eliminate ambush sites for the Viet Cong ...

Retired Air Force reserve tech Sgt. Ed Kienle, 73, holds a picture of himself, left, and fellow reservists during an interview at his home, Thursday, June 11, 2015, in Wilmington, Ohio. The government ...

Originally designed as a rugged transport for short, hostile runways, the Fairchild C-123 became indispensable in Vietnam. It ...

C-123 aircraft used in Vietnam to spray Agent Orange being scrapped at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base boneyard in Arizona in 2010 Air Force image Nearly five months after a federal advisory board ...

American C-123 are escorted by Vietnamese Air Force fighter planes armed with rockets on August 2, 1963. Much of their plant-clearing mission takes them over guerrilla infested territory at low levels ...

In a complaint to the Air Force inspector general, a retired officer alleges health officials have known since at least 1994 of Agent Orange contamination aboard C-123 aircraft flown by reserve ...

The Fairchild C-123 Provider was never meant to be a versatile aircraft. Designed in the early Cold War years, its purpose was singular: carry out short-range tactical airlifts for military operations ...

Retired Air Force Reserve Maj. Wes Carter almost didn’t travel to Washington D.C. last week where, to his surprise, he heard an independent panel of scientists verify what he had dogged the Air Force ...

A 62-year-old military cargo plane could be flying home to Hagerstown soon, but it needs a little lift. A Fairchild C-123 was acquired by the Hagerstown Aviation Museum in 2012 and will return to the ...

A military cargo plane manufactured in Hagerstown is coming home. The 1956 Fairchild C-123K Provider, which was manufactured at the Fairchild Aircraft Co. in Hagerstown, was acquired by the Hagerstown ...

Ending years of wait, the government agreed on Thursday to provide millions of dollars in disability benefits to as many as 2,100 Air Force reservists and active-duty forces exposed to Agent Orange ...