Occasionally, the US Navy or the US Marine Corps will park their transport aircraft visiting Hawai‘i on HNL's South Ramp. Today is no different. This McDonnell-Douglas C-9B "Skytrain II", BuNo 160047 (c/n 47687) basks under the Hawaiian sun. As you can see, there is no tail code, nor squadron insignia on 160047. This C-9B is most-likely assigned to the VMR-1 "Roadrunners" of Marine Corps Bases East, and based at MCAS Cherry Point, NC. According to sources, VMR-1 is the only USMC unit that C-9Bs are assigned to.
Eventhough a C-9B "Skytrain II" is a military version of a DC-9-32CF ... it still qualifies as an HNL RareBird.
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