The Air Force purchased 131 C-5 Galaxies between 1968 and 1989. Starting in 2013, the service decided to upgrade 52 of them to the new -M "Super Galaxy" standard, which involved swapping older TF ...

The C-5M Super Galaxy, a strategic transport aircraft, is the largest airlifter operated by the United States Air Force. Its mission is to transport personnel and cargo for the US Armed Forces all ...

In the late 2000s the Air Force upgraded 52 C-5 Galaxies to the new C-5M Super Galaxy standard. The -M upgrade includes new, more reliable engines, glass cockpits, all weather flight control ...

The C-5A Galaxy lifts off from the Dobbins Air Force Base for its maiden flight on June 30, 1968. Bettmann/Getty Images By the 1960s, US military logistics were under increasing strain.

On Friday, Everhart told Air Force Times that 38 of the 56 massive aircraft had been deemed ready to fly again. “Returning the C-5 to service so quickly is a maintainer success story.

That's the C-5 Galaxy, a massive transportation vessel that currently serves as the U.S. Air Force's only strategic airlifter. The craft was commissioned by the Air Force in 1965, with the first C ...

The C-5 is the Air Force's largest airlifter. It has a 65-foot-tall tail and is 247 feet long with a 223-foot wingspan. The first version, the C-5A, entered service in 1970 , and several models ...

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.

An Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy was damaged in a recent training accident at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, where the behemoth transport aircraft was towed into a light pole.

A USAF C-5 Galaxy airlifter has made a successful emergency landing in Spain. The top image was reportedly taken yesterday at Rota Air Base, Spain. Sent us by one of our Twitter followers (thank ...

Two CH-47H Chinook helicopters were loaded onto a C-5 Galaxy cargo plane and flown nearly 10,000 miles to Australia, the U.S. Air Force said on Monday.