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C-5M Super Galaxy Lands At MCAS Camp Pendleton (2019)

A U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy lands at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Camp Pendleton on October 2, 2019. The C-5M is ...
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Cold War Giants: How An-124 and C-5M Redefined Global Airlift Power

Two giants. Two nations. One race to rule the skies. The Antonov An-124 Ruslan and the Lockheed Martin C-5M Super Galaxy were ...
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U.S. C-5M Galaxy Lands At Poznan International Airport For The First Time

First ever visit for the gigantic C-5M Galaxy to the Poznan-Ławica International Airport. On Mar. 13, 2021, USAF C-5M Galaxy (Reg: 86-0025, Spirit of Global Reach) made its first-ever landing at the ...
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Check Out These Amazing Shots Of A C-5M Super Galaxy Releasing Flares During Defensive Countermeasures Testing

The giant C-5M Super Galaxy released flares during a two-week defensive countermeasures test program on the Eglin range. A C-5M Super Galaxy, belonging to the 436th Airlift Wing, from Dover Air Force ...
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C-5M Super Galaxy Emerges From the Clouds Like a Prehistoric Behemoth

The U.S. Air Force has plenty of massive airplanes to use to advance its goals, but none are as impressive as the C-5M Super Galaxy. The Lockheed Martin behemoth is described as the largest strategic ...
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Here's a C-5M Super Galaxy Giving Birth to a CH-47F Chinook, There Were Two in There

The C-5M Super Galaxy is big, and we all know that. Yet, we generally only get a sense of how big by reading numbers on a sheet, and that only paints a relative picture. But worry not, here’s a photo ...
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Airmen in Japan spent 10 days training to keep the Air Force's biggest plane flying

Maintainers from the 730th Air Mobility Squadron at Yokota Air Base in Japan spent 10 days at the beginning of November training on a C-5M Super Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the Air Force fleet.
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Lockheed's Unit Wins a Contract to Support the C-5M Super Galaxy Jets

Lockheed Martin Corporation’s LMT business unit, Aeronautics, recently secured a $56 million contract to support the C-5M Super Galaxy fleet. Per the terms of the deal, Lockheed will provide ...
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Lockheed Martin Hands Over C-5M Super Galaxy Airlifter to Air Force 433rd Airlift Wing

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 4, 2016 ” Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered a C-5M Super Galaxy airlifter to the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas where it will be assigned to the U.S. Air Force ...
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USAF tests reverse flow air refuelling using C-5M to top off KC-10

The US Air Force (USAF) has successfully tested a new aerial refuelling technique known as reverse flow, in which a transport aircraft transfers jet fuel to a tanker. The demonstration, which took ...
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Air Force Reverse Refuels KC-10 Tanker with ‘Floating Gas Station’

A C-5M Super Galaxy successfully reverse-refueled a KC-10 Extender, demonstrating a new emergency readiness procedure. This method allows for more tankers to be available for refueling fighter or ...