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Boeing YC-14 -The Plane that No One Wanted (But Could Land on a Football Field)

The Vietnam War, with its relentless brutality, exposed a weakness in America’s military machine that could no longer be ignored. The venerable C-130 Hercules, once the backbone of U.S. tactical airlift, was faltering under the demands of remote, unforgiving combat zones where short, rough airstrips turned every landing into a gamble. Continue reading