The Hanoi Taxi flew two missions into Hanoi, carrying out
78 POWs and two civilian returnees to the Philippines, and four
missions from the Philippines to the United States, carrying 76
ex-POWs.
Lockheed C-141C
Starlifter
Hanoi Taxi
This C-141 airlifted the first American prisoners of war to freedom from Gia Lam Airport in Hanoi, North Vietnam, on Feb. 12, 1973.
For more on this aircraft, go to the Hanoi Taxi portion of this section on the National Air Museum of the USAF.