de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou - USAF (SE Asia Camo)

A repaint of the excellent Asobo/Microsoft/Orbx de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou in the Vietnam War-era colours of the US Air Force. This particular example, 62-4160 (c/n 98), was originally delivered to the US Army in March 1963 as a CV-2B and assigned to the 135th Aviation Company at Fort Benning. In March 1966 'Clementine', as the aircraft had been named, was deployed to Qui Nhon in Vietnam to support the ongoing conflict. It was transferred a year later to the USAF under Operation Red Leaf and reassigned to the newly formed 458th Squadron at Cam Ranh Bay, where it received the 'KC' tailcode and the unit's distinctive red fin cap;