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Old Aug 19, 2019 | 6:51 am
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Originally Posted by nachosdelux
FedEx got a few DC-8's when they acquired Flying Tigers in 1989, and retired them in 1991.

UPS retired their DC-8 fleet in May, 2009.
I think ATI (Air Transport Int'l) was the last commercial DC8 operator in the US. They retired them in 2012.

NASA still operates a DC8-72.
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstro...-050-DFRC.html

Samaritan's Purse operates a DC8-72 Combi on humanitarian missions.
https://www.samaritanspurse.org/media/fact-sheet-dc8/
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