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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.
TF39s on a C-5 Galaxy, from the rear TF-39 on display at the Museum of Aviation View looking into the fan showing snubbered blades on the inner half-stage and inlet guide vanes in the outer duct in front of the full stage. The TF39 was a revolutionary 1960s engine rated from 41,000 to 43,000 lb f (191 to 205 kN) of thrust. It introduced use of ...
Ordered by model number, Lockheed gave most of its aircraft astronomical names, from the first Vega to the C-5 Galaxy. Aircraft models listed in italics and with higher numbers – 780 following 80 and preceding 81 , for example – are variants or developments of the base model.
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During October 1973, both the C-141 and the larger C-5 Galaxy airlifted supplies from the United States to Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War as part of Operation Nickel Grass. Over the course of the operation, C-141s flew 422 missions and carried a total of 10,754 tons of cargo. [23]
5 June 1957: 44 t: 926 Heavy transport helicopter, 35 m rotor Mil V-12 or Mi-12 10 July 1968: 105 t: 2 Largest prototype helicopter, 2 × 35 m rotors Mil Mi-26: 14 December 1977: 56 t: 316 Heaviest serial production helicopter Fairey Rotodyne: 6 November 1957: 15 t 1 Largest gyrodyne. Prototype for 40 passengers Kamov Ka-22: 15 August 1959: 42 ...
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This would allow it to perform the work done by the C-141, and to fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, freeing the C-5 fleet for outsize cargo. [6] Alternative proposals were pursued to fill airlift needs after the C-X contest.