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Lockheed Martin C-5s on flight line.
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The seventh C-5 has been inducted into the C-5 modernization program at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta.
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![Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane The C-5 was projected to fly more and bigger cargo and do it faster and with fewer planes. In 1965, Gen. Howard Estes, commander of the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service, said the C-5 would have radically sped up Operation Big Lift, an exercise that flew 15,500 soldiers from the U.S. to Germany, “We used 234 aircraft [C-118s and C-124s], each flying one mission, and completed the lift in 63 hours." Estes said. "By comparison 42 C-5As could do C 5 Galaxy, Brazilian Air Force, Army Equipment, Air Force Special Operations, Private Pilot License, Airplane Flying, Flying Vehicles, Cargo Aircraft, Wright Brothers](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F474x%2Fc8%2Ff3%2Fca%2Fc8f3ca0ac6cd9d3e57bbdc42f45e4dad.jpg&q=12&output=webp&max-age=110)
Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane The C-5 was projected to fly more and bigger cargo and do it faster and with fewer planes. In 1965, Gen. Howard Estes, commander of the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service, said the C-5 would have radically sped up Operation Big Lift, an exercise that flew 15,500 soldiers from the U.S. to Germany, “We used 234 aircraft [C-118s and C-124s], each flying one mission, and completed the lift in 63 hours." Estes said. "By comparison 42 C-5As could…
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin...
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✈ Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy (L-500) - USA - Air Force 📸 Timo Breidenstein 💙 www.instagram.com/infoaviacaooficial
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