The Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker is an American armed gunship, counter-insurgency, utility transport version of the Pilatus PC-6 Porter for the United States Air Force. A total of 35 were built under license in the United States by Fairchild Industries, for use during the Vietnam War in the early 1970s. All aircraft were later sold to the Royal Thai Air Force.
Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker at Eglin AFB, Florida in 1972
Royal Thai Air Force Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker in 2013
Royal Thai Air Force Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker (s/n 2077 / BJTh2-18/19) in 2018
Fairchild was an American aircraft and aerospace manufacturing company based at various times in Farmingdale, New York; Hagerstown, Maryland; and San Antonio, Texas.
The Jamaica, New York Fairchild plant in 1941.
The Western Canada Aviation Museum's Fairchild 71C
1944 model Fairchild 24 Argus III