Photo by Ron Bosley
In 2002, when '177 underwent her final programmed depot maintenance, she was repainted in its original 1970s era gray and white scheme to honor her place in history. On 7 October 2002, hundreds of people at the Warner Robbins Air Logistics Center witnessed the Hanoi taxi depart in its "new" paint scheme.
Lockheed C-141C
Starlifter
Hanoi Taxi
This C-141C was assigned to Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She first flew in 1967 and went through two major modifications. The first brought her up to C-141B standards in the late 1970s. In the early 1990s, she was equipped with digital avionics and became a C-141C.