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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.It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo.
A U.S. Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy assigned to the 75th Military Airlift Squadron, 60th Military Airlift Wing, at Travis Air Force Base, California (USA). Date: Unknown date: Source: U.S. Air Force photo 100223-F-1234S-001 from the National Museum of the United States Air Force: Author: U.S. Air Force photo
This is a list of aircraft produced or proposed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation from its founding as the Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1926 to its merging with Martin Marietta to form the Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1995. Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy.
At 222 feet across, almost 300 feet in length, and 65 feet above the ground, Lockheed Martin's C-5 Galaxy is the largest transport aircraft in the US Air Force.. With a cargo hull 121 feet long ...
Longest until the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy and widest until the Stratolaunch Convair XC-99: 23 Nov 1947: Transport: 1: 60.80 yards (55.60 meters) 76.66 yards (70.10 meters) 142.71 tons: 44.28 tons: B-36 development, most capable transport aircraft until the An-22 Boeing B-52: 15 Apr 1952: Bomber: 744: 53.04 yards (48.50 meters) 61.68 yards (56.40 ...
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C-5A 1971 August 1971 August 7, 2013 United States Air Force: Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Dover, Delaware: On static display [1] [2] 70-0451 C-5A 1972 1972 July 26, 2017 United States Air Force: Travis Air Force Base Heritage Center at Travis Air Force Base, Fairfield, California: On static display [3]