Photo: USAF/Samuel King Jr. It doesn’t take long to be impressed with the C-5 Galaxy airplane. The Lockheed machine is described as the only (and by extension the largest) strategic air lifter in the ...

The U.S. Air Force has plenty of massive airplanes to use to advance its goals, but none are as impressive as the C-5M Super Galaxy. The Lockheed Martin behemoth is described as the largest strategic ...

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy/C-5M Super Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft built for the United States Air Force, while the double-decked Airbus A380 is the largest passenger aircraft ever built. The ...

CHICOPEE — Working seven stories above the shop floor and strapped in by cables to the wing of a giant aircraft isn’t in the job description of most people. For Air Force technicians at Westover Air ...

The C-5M, C-17, and C-130 have proven adept at meeting the full sweep of logistical challenges facing the US military. The US Air Force operates three primary airlifters—the C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The U.S. Air Force’s re-engined Lockheed Martin C-5M has reached initial operating capability (IOC), with the first 16 aircraft delivered to Dover AFB, Delaware. Gen. Paul Selva, who ...

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — Maintainers from the 60th Maintenance Squadron and 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, along with engineering and engineering support contractors from the C-5 System Program ...

The C-5M, C-17, and C-130 have proven adept at meeting the full sweep of logistical challenges facing the US military. The Apaches, from the 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Ft. Bliss, Texas, ...

C-5M AWARD: The U.S. Air Force is awarding Lockheed Martin a $23 million contract for advance procurement of long lead items for Lot 1 of the low-rate initial production for the C-5M Reliability ...