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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.
The accident marked the second operational loss and first fatal crash for the C-5 Galaxy fleet, and is the third deadliest accident involving a U.S. military aircraft after the 1968 Kham Duc C-130 shootdown and Arrow Air Flight 1285R.
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
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.
1.1 C-5 Galaxy. 1.2 L-1011 Tristar. 1.3 L-1049 ... This article is a list of aircraft that were manufactured by the Lockheed Corporation and its successor Lockheed ...
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 ...
The General Electric TF39 is a high-bypass turbofan engine that was developed to power the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. The TF39 was the first high-power, high-bypass jet engine developed. The TF39 was further developed into the CF6 series of engines, and formed the basis of the LM2500 and LM6000 marine and industrial gas turbine. On September 7, 2017 ...
A C-5 Galaxy takes off from a runway at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In December 1989, the 22d participated in Operation Just Cause , which ended the dictatorship of Panama's Gen. Manuel Noriega . In August 1990, the unit provided strategic airlift in support of the massive coalition forces buildup in Southwest Asia prior to Operations Desert ...