Boran Pivcic
McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II | 160046
A bit of "hooah" as a Marine Diesel-9 powers out of RWY 23, bound home for the States. Nowadays long gone from the skies, the C-9 family comprised three militarized versions of the DC-9-32, including the C-9A Nightingale aeromedical evacuation aircraft, the C-9B tactical transporter - and the VC-9C VIP shuttle.
Often used for short-notice personnel and material repositioning, the B was also fitted with additional fuel tanks (located in what was the DC-9s underfloor baggage hold), which could - with restrictions - gave it an intercontinental range approaching 4,700 km...
McDonnell Douglas C-9B Skytrain II | 160046
A bit of "hooah" as a Marine Diesel-9 powers out of RWY 23, bound home for the States. Nowadays long gone from the skies, the C-9 family comprised three militarized versions of the DC-9-32, including the C-9A Nightingale aeromedical evacuation aircraft, the C-9B tactical transporter - and the VC-9C VIP shuttle.
Often used for short-notice personnel and material repositioning, the B was also fitted with additional fuel tanks (located in what was the DC-9s underfloor baggage hold), which could - with restrictions - gave it an intercontinental range approaching 4,700 km...