I FLEW 67944 (the C-141 at left) several times in the 70s and 80s. I carried coffins aboard her too.
I logged nearly 2000 flying hours in the Starlizard--the affectionate name of the big bird when it was painted camogreen. The reliable transport remains in the public eye, this time through The Memory Hole Coffin Photos. If anything, getting these photos released proves why every democratic society needs a freedom of information system that works. The American system is levels above Ireland's. But the pictures (several making the inside of the Irish national papers without attribution to their source) can cost people their jobs, as Tami Silicio discovered.
Click on the C-141 to see an inside view of flag-draped coffins strapped down inside a cargo aircraft.
The Memory Hole -- 361 photos from Dover AFB, Delaware.
Dana Milbank -- "Curtains Ordered for Media Coverage of Returning Coffins"
Seattle Times -- "Woman loses her job over coffins photo"
