20 August 2006

US Marines' 160047


Occasionally, the US Navy or the US Marine Corps will park their transport aircraft visiting Hawai‘i on HNL's South Ramp. Today is no different. This McDonnell-Douglas C-9B "Skytrain II", BuNo 160047 (c/n 47687) basks under the Hawaiian sun. As you can see, there is no tail code, nor squadron insignia on 160047. This C-9B is most-likely assigned to the VMR-1 "Roadrunners" of Marine Corps Bases East, and based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. According to sources, VMR-1 is the only USMC unit that C-9Bs are assigned to.

Eventhough a C-9B "Skytrain II" is a military version of a DC-9-32CF ... it still qualifies as an HNL RareBird.

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