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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.
As good as the C-5A was, Lockheed and the Air Force began plans to incorporate reliability and maintainability factors into the large cargo plane, producing the C-5B during the early 1980s. The Galaxy "B" fleet added 7.5 million cargo tons per day to the United States military strategic airlift capability. [5]
DC-7 and Lockheed L-188 Electra 5/23 9,000 feet (2,743 m) 150 feet (46 m) Asphalt 1964 - current 2001 (runway extension) Primary runway Boeing 747 / Lockheed C-5 Galaxy: 14/32 3,000 feet (914 m) 200 feet (61 m) Compact coral 1942–1950 (converted to taxiway to runway 5/23 in 1963) 1942 Secondary runway Small WW II fighter aircraft
Westover AFB was officially turned over to AFRES on May 19, 1974. In From October 1987, the wing converted to the C-5A model of the C-5 Galaxy and the 439 TAW was redesignated as the 439th Military Airlift Wing (439 MAW), operationally gained by the Military Airlift Command (MAC). In 1991, Westover AFB was renamed Westover Air Reserve Base.
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. Fixed Wing Heavy transport aircraft Active (2) Flown by USAF crews. Lockheed C-121 Starliner. Fixed Wing Retired Lockheed C-141A Starlifter. Fixed Wing Airborne observatory, Kuiper Airborne Observatory: Retired (1) 1974 - 1995 Ames Research Center: Lockheed F-104A Starfighter: Retired Armstrong Flight Research Center
Location Status Notes Ref. N1011 L-1011-1 1970 November 16, 1970 August 1986 Lockheed Corporation: Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia On static display Nose only [4] [failed verification] C-FTNA L-1011-1 1972 December 1972 July 6, 2001 Eastern Air Lines; Air Canada; Air Transat; Air France; Air Transat; Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport in ...
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy was considered for the shuttle-carrier role by NASA but rejected in favor of the 747. This was due to the 747's low-wing design in comparison to the C-5's high-wing design, and also because the U.S. Air Force would have retained ownership of the C-5, while NASA could own the 747s outright.
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, a military transport aircraft; C-5 North Star, a 1940s Canadian military aircraft; HMS C5, a 1906 Royal Navy C-class submarine; USS C-5 (SS-16), a 1908 United States Navy C-class submarine; USS San Francisco (C-5), an 1889 United States Navy protected cruiser; Albatros C.V, a World War I German military reconnaissance aircraft