Survivors
A number of C-119s have been preserved in museums.
Brazil
- C-119G serial FAB 2305, Brazilian Air Force which is exposed in "Museu Aerospacial" (Musal) Base Aérea dos Afonsos, Rio de Janeiro.
- C-119G serial FAB 2304, Brazilian Air Force which is exposed in the 26th Infantry Battalion of paratroops in Rio de Janeiro.
Belgium
- C-119G serial 254, CP46/OT-CEH (Belgium Airforce), ex 53-8151. At the Royal Army and Military History Museum in Brussels.
- C-119G serial 10690, CP10/OT-CAJ (Belgian Airforce), ex 51-2701. At Melsbroek AB
India
- C-119 - IK450, Indian Air Force Museum, Palam, New Delhi. This unit is fitted with an external jet-pack.
- C-119 (reg no. unknown) ex-Paratrooper's Training School, Indian Air Force. Located at 50th Parachute Brigade's Officer's Mess at Agra Cantt, converted into a bar.
South Korea
- C-119 on display at the War Memorial of Korea, Seoul.
Taiwan - Republic of China
- C-119G ROCAF serial 3160, US serial 51-7985 on display at Military aircraft park, Chang-hua City, Taiwan.
- C-119 ROCAF serial 3190, US serial 51-8106 on display at ROC Air Force Museum, Taiwan
United States
- Two are airworthy in Palmer, Alaska: They can be used for public service contracts, such as hauling building materials to the villages in the bush of Alaska that have no road access.
- C-119J - AF Serial No. 51-8037 is on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio. This aircraft was specially modified for the mid-air retrieval of space capsules reentering the atmosphere from orbit. On 19 August 1960 this aircraft made the world's first mid-air recovery of a capsule returning from space when it "snagged" the parachute lowering the Discoverer XIV satellite at 8,000 feet (2,400 m) altitude 360 miles (580 km) southwest of Honolulu, Hawaii. The aircraft was delivered to the Museum in November 1963. It is on display outside, on the Museum's ramp.
- C-119C - AF Serial No. 48-0322 - At the Milestones of Flight Museum, Fox Field, Lancaster, California. Last operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service as Tanker 82, registered N13745.
- C-119C - AF Serial No. 49-0199 - At the Castle Air Museum (former Castle AFB), Atwater, California. Transferred to the U.S. Forest Service after retirement from the Air Force.
- C-119C - AF Serial No. 49-0132 - At the Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona. This aircraft also carries civilian registration N13743 and is currently in the markings of "Tanker 81" of Hemet Valley Flying Service of Hemet, California. This aircraft is currently on outdoor display and will be restored to original USAF markings.
- C-119 (AF serial number unknown) Flying J Ranch near Pima, Arizona in Graham County.
- C-119 (AF serial number unknown) Battle Mountain, Nevada airport. Former tanker with "Jet-Pack" modification.
- C-119G - AF Serial No. 51-8024L - At the Strategic Air and Space Museum, adjacent to Offutt AFB in Ashland, Nebraska.
- C-119 - Zenith Aviation's Tanker 140 has been donated to the Hagerstown Aviation Museum.
- C-119C - AF Serial No. 50-0128 - At Pope AFB, North Carolina marked as 50-0182
- C-119C - AF Serial No. 49-0157 - At the Pima Air and Space Museum (adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB) in Tucson, Arizona
- R4Q BuNo 131677, s/n 10844, civil registration N175ML is on display at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in Reading, Pennsylvania. This former Marine R4Q is reported to be the last C-119/R4Q operated by the U.S. military.
- R4Q-2 - (Bureau Number {BuNo} unknown) Painted in United States Air Force colors to depict it as a C-119 on static display at the Fort Campbell Museum at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
- C-119G - AF Serial No. 52-5850 - At the Grissom Air Museum, located at Grissom ARB (formerly Grissom AFB) in Peru, Indiana.
- C-119G - AF Serial No. 52-2107 - At the Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Ogden, Utah.
- R4Q-2 Packet, BuNo 131708, Flying Leatherneck Aviation Museum at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California.
- C-119G RCAF serial 22118 (c/n 10870, originally C-119F), is at the USAF Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover AFB, Delaware since 1991. After its RCAF service it was converted into an air tanker. It was restored as a C-119G, fake AF Serial No. 51-2881
- C-119G - Equipped with radar nose, on static display at the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum in Geneseo, New York
- C-119G - AF Serial No. 51-2675 - At Pate Museum of Transportation (to be closed 12/25/09) on US377 South of Fort Worth, Texas
- C-119 - (no specifications) On display in the Air Park at Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
- C-119G - N15501, Used in the movie "Flight of the Phoenix", 2004. Currently owned by Hans Lauridsen in Arizona. Lauridsen Aviation Museum
- C-119 - Serial Number unknown. Sitting on an unused runway at Edwards AFB, CA alongside a C-123 Provider.
- C-119G - RCAF S/N 22114 - At the Aerospace Museum of California in Sacramento, California.
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