C 5 galaxy

United States Air Force

Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane The C-5 was projected to fly more and bigger cargo and do it faster and with fewer planes. In 1965, Gen. Howard Estes, commander of the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service, said the C-5 would have radically sped up Operation Big Lift, an exercise that flew 15,500 soldiers from the U.S. to Germany, “We used 234 aircraft [C-118s and C-124s], each flying one mission, and completed the lift in 63 hours." Estes said. "By comparison 42 C-5As could…

Lockheed Martin C-5s on flight line.

RAF Lakenheath

Photo taken at Ramenskoye (Zhukovsky) (UUBW) in Russia on August 19, 2011.

.C-5A Galaxy (Lockheed)

When she told the pilot he was climbing, instead of descending, she was correct. The copilot tells the pilot at 1:10 minute point on this video to descend since they are configured and past the FAF. Jay Lacklen is a former C-5 pilot with 12,500 flying hours and the author of two books, Flying the […]

A C-5 Galaxy flies behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during an air refueling training exercise, Aug. 5, 2014. The C-5 is assigned to the Air Force Reserve 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The KC-135 was operated by an aircrew made up of reservists from the 931st Air Refueling Group at McConnell. The 931 ARG regularly supports air refueling training for new C-5 pilots who are attending training at the Formal Training Unit (FTU) at Joint Base…