This C-119J has been restored and is now on display in the Space Gallery.
Lockheed C-60A
Lodestar
This C-119J was specially modified for mid-air retrieval of space capsules re-entering the atmosphere from orbit. On 19 August 1960, this aircraft made the world's first midair recovery of a space capsule when it snagged the parachute lowering the Discoverer XIV satellite.