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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.
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy: 30 Jun 1968: Transport: 131: 82.34 yards (75.29 meters) 74.26 yards (67.90 meters) 410.41 tons: 125.49 tons: Largest payload capacity until the An-124 Boeing 747: 9 Feb 1969: Airliner: 1557: 77.32 yards (70.70 meters) 65.18 yards (59.60 meters) 406.86 tons: Pax: 550/660: Highest passenger capacity airliner until the Airbus ...
Type MTOW [kg] MLW [tonnes] TOR [m] LR [m] ICAO category FAA category; Antonov An-225: 640,000: 591.7: 3,500: Super: Super Scaled Composites Model 351 Stratolaunch
C-5 Galaxy (Lockheed) 3,723 0.77 31 33 40 51 28 31 37 45 Cessna 501 (Citation I – Eagle) 56 0.69 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 Cessna 550 (Citation II) 64 0.69 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 Cessna 550 (Citation Bravo) 67 0.69 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 6 Cessna 560 (Citation V, Ultra, Encore) 75 0.69 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 Cessna 560 XL (Citation Excel) 90 1.48 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Payload capacity >2,950 kg (>6,500 lbs) ... Transportable by C-5, 2011 ... A Mark V SOC detachment is deployable on two USAF C-5 Galaxy aircraft to a theater of ...
Military transport helicopters are used in places where the use of conventional aircraft is impossible. For example, the military transport helicopter is the primary transport asset of US Marines deploying from LHDs and LHA.
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.
On 4 October 1989, a 60th Military Airlift Wing C-5 became the first "Galaxy" to land on the Antarctic continent. For airlift achievements during the 1970s, the wing earned two more Air Force Outstanding Unit Awards (AFOUA). [2] To upgrade cargo carrying capacity, MAC initiated a major upgrade program for its C-141A fleet beginning in 1979.