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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.
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 C-5 Galaxy is larger than the 747; are there other large aircraft also omitted? --Davepape 15:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Oppose for obvious reasons. --Dschwen 17:46, 8 August 2006 (UTC) Support - I've seen this before, and found it vey useful. These are still the four largest planes ever, right?
This is a list of aircraft sorted by maximum takeoff weight. ... Lockheed C-5 Galaxy [5] [6] [7] 381,000: 288.417: 2,530: 1,494: Heavy: ... Wide-body aircraft; References
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Aircraft Origin Type Variant In service Notes Fighter aircraft (1,690) F-15 Eagle: United States air superiority: F-15C: 145 145 F-15C total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 29 F-15C - Active. 116 F-15C - Air National Guard. Trainer aircraft listed separately. F-15E Strike Eagle: United States multirole: 218
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