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[[image: Army men boarding an aircraft carrier from the rear]]

STRIKING FORCE "PACKET"
The Army is dedicated to the fast movement of troops, to lightning-like strikes in offense and the fast deployment of defending forces to key positions.
 This principle is implemented by the close alliance between land and air forces. To the Third Air Force (Troop Carrier Command) has gone the job of speeding the transport of airborne battle specialists.
 And to the Fairchild Packet has come a major role in the maneuvers that develop these techniques.
 The Packet can shift from assignment to assignment with ease. It tows gliders. It carries guns, trucks or light tanks. It transports a complement of 42 airborne infantrymen. It is a jump ship for a like number of paratroopers. And, in a few minutes, it can be transformed into a hospital plane, carrying 34 litter wounded and four attendants.
 The first plane designed specifically to carry cargo, with abilities typical of Fairchild design and engineering ingenuity, The Packet proves its versatility on duty with the Third Air Force.

IN COMMERCE, TOO...
The Packet can carry cargo no other transport can handle. Its spacious, boxcar-like hold accommodates bulky goods.
 The hold is loaded and unloaded swiftly and with ease. Above all, The Packet is an efficient airplane. Its inherent economies are vitally necessary to profitable air freight operations. For details of The Packet as a commercial "flying boxcar" write Transport Sales Division.

[[image: FAIRCHILD logo]] ENGINE AND AIRPLANE
30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK 20, N.Y.
Fairchild Aircraft Division, Hagerstown, Md.
Ranger Aircraft Engines Division, Farmingdale, L.I.
Duramold Division, Jamestown, N.Y.
Fairchild Personal Planes Division, Winfield, Kansas
Subsidiary Al-Fin Corporation, Jamaica, L.I., N.Y.
Affiliate: Stratos Corporation, Babylon, L.I., N.Y.

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