Per Lockheed, the C-5 Galaxy can carry twice as much cargo as any other airlifter in existence, and with the jet's boasting a reported maximum takeoff weight of 840,000 pounds, we're inclined to ...

The latest variant of the original C-5 Galaxy is the C-5M manufactured by Lockheed Martin. As per Air and Space Forces, General John W. Handy, the commander of US Transportation Command (TRANSCOM ...

The C-5 Galaxy also supported classified programs. The world’s first purpose-built stealth aircraft, the Have Blue demonstration plane, was airlifted out of Lockheed’s facility at Burbank ...

But today we’re taking a moment to appreciate the largest jet in the U.S. military’s inventory: the Lockheed Martin C-5 Super Galaxy. The C-5 gives the U.S. an intercontinental strategic ...

With the C-5 Galaxy as the US Air Force’s (USAF) – and the West’s – only strategic airlifter, Lockheed Martin’s C-5 Galaxy is the de-facto largest military transport aircraft in operational service.

A request for such a plane was announced in 1964. A year later, the Air Force selected Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy as the winning submission in the Cargo Experimental-Heavy Logistics System Program ...

A Mclaren 765LT with 755 horsepower raced the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, which is the world's largest military plane, at an air base in California ...

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter made strategic airlift common and gave the US unique capabilities of jet-powered airdrop and intercontinental airlift.

The Super Galaxy began life as the C5-A Galaxy, a Lockheed behemoth that was intended ... From its very first iteration, it was clear that the C-5 was very special. The Times-News wrote of the ...

6. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy: The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is giant American military transport aircraft with a wingspan of 67.9 meters and a length of 57.6 meters 7. Boeing 747-400 Dreamlifter: A modified ...

A Near Earth Autonomy drone buzzes past the tail of a Lockheed Martin C-5 transport plane Jan. 23, 2024, in a hangar at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Colin Demarest/C4ISRNET) DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, ...