The Largest Aircraft in The U.S. Military

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsize and oversize cargos, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many similarities to its smaller C-141 Starlifter predecessor, and the later C-17 Globemaster. The C-5 is among the largest military aircraft in the world. The C-5 Galaxy had a complicated development; significant cost overruns were experienced and Lockheed suffered significant financial difficulties. Shortly after entering service, fractures in the wings of many aircraft were discovered and the C-5 fleet were restricted in capability until corrective work was conducted. The C-5M Super Galaxy is an upgraded version with new engines and modernized avionics designed to extend its service life beyond 2040. The C-5 Galaxy has been operated by USAF since 1969. In that time, it has been used to support US military operations in all major conflicts including Vietnam, Iraq, Yugoslavia and Afghanistan; as well as in support of allies, such as Israel during the Yom Kippur War and NATO operations in the Gulf War. The C-5 has also been used to distribute humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and support the US Space Shuttle program run by NASA. http://military-transport-aircrafts.blogspot.com

Comments

1. So many butthurt Russians in these comments.
2. Lol i can imagine the pilot sweating and taking snaps
3. "Finally the mega plane is loaded with gas - a hundred and thirty kilos of it"
4. I live a hour away from Dover Air Force bace I saw that pain in person jelly
5. Can the worlds largest plane land/fit on the worlds largest aircraft carrier
6. Good job, And God bless you all.
7. this is awesome, radical shit!...fuck China!
8. "...deliver life-saving equipment to Iraq" -- wha?
   
   I think 100+ tons of weapons is better described as "life-taking equipment."
9. balance anymore design house row every differently.
10. kick ass!!
11. oh yeah let's send some medical supplies to some far-off land where we've been starving bombing invading and then call ourselves Heroes and get it on the news with our big planes
12. innovating killing other people in far-off lands regime change and the murder of more civilians than armed people is the way America rolls that's why we're hated around the world because we kill for profit and call it democracy and freedom smarten up
13. Fuck USA
14. 70k kg of thrust. How many times do you hear that??
15. small
16. It's getting real tiring hearing the announcer read the script which is referring to thrust and the weight in kilograms. Killograms is mass. Newtons in SI is force.
17. Amazon should buy this so you can buy helicopters and tanks and deliver them by parachute.
18. awesome
19. I used to watched this until I gots new ipad and a new account, I completely forgot about this
20. Put a c5 next to the Antonov 225 biggest jet in the world