Caption: "This massive formation of C-119 "Flying Boxcars" of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing is the principal means of moving thousands of tons of food, ammunition, gasoline, medical supplies, and other vital war materials to support United Nations ground forces fighting in Korea. These and other transports of the 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo) carried paratroopers of the 187th Regimental Combat Team, and dropped them behind enemy lines twice during the Korean War, and kept them supplied by airdrop methods until normal lanes were opened. The giant transports have made aerial evacuation of war and weather casualties of thousands of allied personnel since the start of the Korean hostilities. Prompt delivery of supplies, many times by airdrop, has been the deciding factor between defeat and victory on numerous occasions." The Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (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 drop cargo and troops by parachute.