Keywords: Fairchild UC-123K Patches 1971.JPEG A U S Air Force Fairchild UC-123K Provider aircraft s/n 56-4362 c/n 20246 of the 315th Tactical Airlift Wing at Phan Rang Air Base South Vietnam on 1 January 1971 The aircraft being inactivated was named Patches for the more than 1 000 hit-hole patches that it received during the Vietnam conflict The 34 UC-123Ks were C-123Ks converted for Ranch Hand defoliation missions The C-123 56-4362 is today preserved at the National Museum of the USAF at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio USA U S DefenseImagery http //www defenseimagery mil photo VIRIN DF-SN-82-00427 http //www dodmedia osd mil/DVIC_View/Still_Details cfm SDAN DFSN8200427 JPGPath /Assets/1986/Navy/DF-SN-82-00427 JPG 1971-01-01 USAF PD-USGov Fairchild C-123 Provider January 1971 in Vietnam 1971-01-01 Operation Ranch Hand 12th Special Operations Squadron |