DOUGLAS C-9 NIGHTINGALE
C-9 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | The Douglas Aircraft Co., Santa Monica, California, USA (In 1967, became McDonnell Douglas Corp., Douglas Aircraft Co. Division, Long Beach, California, USA) |
| Model: | DC-9-32CF |
| Designation: | C-9 |
| Names: | Nightingale (C-9A), Skytrain II (C-9B) |
| First official flight: | (C-9A) 08/08/1968 |
| Factory production period: | 1967 - 1982 |
| Primary service period: | 1968 - 2003 |
| Last official flight: | (C-9A) 11/09/2003 (C-9B) ? |
C-9 VARIANTS AND PRODUCTION
Based on the Model DC-9 civil airliner, 976 built from 1964 - 1982.
931 built as DC-9 civil versions from 1964 - 1982, ff: 25/02/1065.
45 built as the C-9 / military version from 1967 - 1982.
C-9A Nightingale
1968, USAF aeromedical evacuation transport,
built-in stretcher ramp, medical equipment.
Produced 1967 - 1972
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
| 67-22583 / 67-22586 | mixed 47241 to 47296 | |
| 68-8932 / 68-8935 | 47297 / 47300 | |
| 68-10958 / 68-10961 | mixed 47366 to 47449 | |
| 71-0874 / 71-0882 | mixed 47467 to 47541 |
Total: 21 |
C-9B Skytrain II
1973, US Navy transport.
Produced 1973 - 1982
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
| BuNo.159113 / 159120 | mixed 47577 to 47587 | |
| BuNo.160046 / 160051 | mixed 47684 to 47700 | |
| BuNo.161266 | 48137 | |
| BuNo.161529, 161530 | 48165, 48166 |
Total: 17 |
| 6 additional airframe cancelled. | ||
VC-9C
1975, USAF VIP transports.
Redesignated as C-9C in 1977.
Produced 1974 - 1975
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
| 73-1681, 73-1682 | 47668, 47670 | |
| 73-1683 | 47671 |
Total: 03 |
| 1 additional airframe cancelled. | ||
C-9K
1976, as C-9B, "K" for Kuwaiti Air Force.
Produced 1976
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
|
BuNo. 160749, 160750 Delivered as: (KAF) 320, 321 |
47691, 47690 |
Total: 02 |
Model DC-9-32
1974, transports for Aeronautica Militare
Italiana (AMI) of Italy.
Produced 1973 - 1974
Douglas Long Beach, California (DL)
| (AMI) SM012, SM013 | 47595, 47600 |
Total: 02 |
|
Grand Total: 45 |
C-9 CONVERSIONS
US Navy
| C-9B |
16 |
Civil DC-9 variants, ex-airliner conversions for the US
Navy. Assigned BuNo. 162390 / 162393, 162753, 162754, 163036, 163037, 163208, 163511 / 163513, 164605 / 164608. |