<article><hdr>Airborne shot of a C-124 Globemaster II</hdr><body>
<hi style=afpcap>The Douglas C-74 Globemaster I was redesigned with an enlarged fuselage as the C-124 Globemaster II. The majority were operated by Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and later Military Airlift Command (MAC) throughout the '50s and '60s, before entering reserve service. The massive resupply effort for the war in South East Asia (SEA) created a general shortage of transport aircraft, with the elderly types such as the C-121 and C-124 remaining in service longer than planned. During 1968 the Air Force Reserve had a number of C-124 units recalled to active duty to replace airlift squadrons who were withdrawn from Stateside and European operations for duty in SEA. The illustration shows an anonymous C-124C overflying San Francisco Bay </hi>
