Lockheed-Georgia Co. delivered the first operational C-5A Galaxy to the 437th Airlift Wing in 1970. In 1989, the last 50 C-5Bs were delivered, adding to the existing 76 C-5As in the Air Force's ...

The C-5 Galaxy started with a requirement ... It would eventually become the 747 civilian airliner. The C-5A was an ambitious airplane. Lockheed’s specs called for an aircraft capable of ...

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is the largest western military aircraft ... its serviceability rate is about on par with its unmodified C-5A counterpart, at about 67%. This number, although improved ...

Per Lockheed, the C-5 Galaxy can carry twice as much cargo as any other airlifter in existence, and with the jet's boasting a reported maximum takeoff weight of 840,000 pounds, we're inclined to ...

A year later, the Air Force selected Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy as the winning submission ... and with a wingspan of 222 feet, the C-5A was the largest plane in the world when it rolled off the ...

But the Galaxy is one ... airlift, with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics. RERP has been funded as a development program. The Air Force plans to "RERP" two C-5Bs and one C-5A to verify the hoped-for ...

Aug. 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) delivered the 52nd C-5M Super Galaxy strategic transport ... TF39 turbofans on the earlier C-5A/B/C aircraft. The engines also allow ...

The C-5 Galaxy is an intercontinental-range, heavy-lift military cargo/personnel-transport aircraft. The aircraft made its first flight in June 1968; 81 of the C-5A model were produced through 1973.

The C-5A Galaxy and C-5M Super Galaxy are manufactured by Lockheed Martin. About Valerie Insinna Valerie Insinna is Defense News' air warfare reporter. She previously worked the Navy ...

The upgraded C-5M Super Galaxy jets are more fuel efficient ... when the jets take off and land. The first C-5A jet, made by Lockheed-Georgia Co., took flight in June 1970 and was operated ...

but the fate of the Lockheed Martin C-5A Galaxy fleet could be disclosed this week. The US Air Force plans to report to Congress on the results of a Fleet Viability Board review of the ageing ...