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C-54 Skymaster History:

The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined carriage aircraft acclimated by the United States Army Air Armament in World War II. Like the C-47 Skytrain, the C-54 Skymaster was acquired from a noncombatant aeroplane (the Douglas DC-4). C-54s began account with the Army Air Armament in 1942, accustomed up to 26 passengers. (Later versions agitated up to 50 passengers.) The U.S. Navy additionally acquired the type, beneath the appellation R5D. The C-54 was one of the best frequently acclimated transports by the U.S. armed armament in World War II. 515 C-54s were bogus in Santa Monica, CA and 655 were bogus in Chicago, Illinois.

After World War II, the C-54 connected to serve as the primary airlifter of the fresh United States Air Force.

The USAF Strategic Air Command had C-54 Skymasters in account from 1946 through 1975.

President Harry S. Truman active the National Security Act of 1947, which created the U.S. Air Force, on lath "Sacred Cow", the Presidential C-54 which is preserved at the National Building of the United States Air Force. More than 300 C-54s and R5Ds formed the courage of the Berlin Airlift in 1948. They additionally served as the capital airlift during the Korean War. After the Korean War, the C-54 was replaced by the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II, but connected to be acclimated by the U.S. Air Force until 1972.

The C-54 Skymaster was the claimed aircraft of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Douglas MacArthur, and Winston Churchill (along with an Avro York). The C-54 was additionally acclimated by the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, the Armee de l'Air, and the armed armament of twelve added nations.