C-5 Galaxy - USAF Aerospace Power

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Mission
The gigantic C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability, provides the Air Mobility Command airlift in support of United States national defense. The C-5 can carry fully equipped combat-ready military units to any point in the world on short notice and then provide field support required to help sustain the fighting force.

Features
The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world and the largest airlifter in the Air Force inventory. The C-5 can carry more than any other airlifter. It has the ability to carry 36 standard pallets and up to 81 troops simultaneously. The Galaxy also carries all of the Army's air-transportable combat equipment, including such bulky items as its 74-ton mobile scissors bridge from the United States to any theater of combat on the globe. It can also carry outsize and oversize cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in relatively short distances. Ground crews are able to load and off-load the C-5 simultaneously at the front and rear cargo openings, reducing cargo transfer times. Other features of the C-5 are:
Able to operate on runways 6,000 feet long (1,829 meters)
Five landing gear totaling 28 wheels to distribute the weight.
Nose and aft doors that open the full width and height of the cargo compartment to permit faster and easier loading.
A "kneeling" landing gear system that permits lowering of the parked aircraft so the cargo floor is at truck-bed height or to facilitate vehicle loading and unloading.
Full width drive-on ramps at each end for loading double rows of vehicles.
A system that records and analyzes information and detects malfunctions in more than 800 test points.
The C-5 has the distinctive high T-tail, 25-degree wing sweep, and four TF39 turbofan engines mounted on pylons beneath the wings. These engines are rated at 43,000 pounds of thrust each, and weigh 7,900 pounds (3,555 kilograms) each. They have an air intake diameter of more than 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). Each engine pod is nearly 27 feet long (8.2 meters).

The Galaxy has 12 internal wing tanks with a total capacity of 51,150 gallons (194,370 liters) of fuel -- enough to fill 6 1/2 regular size railroad tank cars. A full fuel load weighs 332,500 pounds (150,820 kilograms). A C-5 with a cargo load of 270,000 pounds (122,472 kilograms) can fly 2,150 nautical miles, offload, and fly to a second base 500 nautical miles away from the original destination -- all without aerial refueling. With aerial refueling, the aircraft's range is limited only by crew endurance.

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[hunterdestroyer6]

My Dad is a mx officer and is a commanding officer of the 433 airlift wing at lackland AFB and commands the c5s there

[warszawianka]

I see these taking off and landing from Dover AFB all the time. The highway I drive on is right on the approach path, and they fly about 100' above the road. Awesome.

[markieman3000]

They're so huge, they hardly look like they're moving as they fly over

[markieman3000]

I see one of these frequently flying over my farm in Jefferson county WV.  I think it flies out of Martinsburg.

[camerongoll]

one of these flew over my house in ils for LAX i was holy shit

[NLonDS]

a really great aircraft! Thanks for the vid! ;)

[Tyronne865]

Then need to build a new version of it... Still love the bird.

[salmanpakipaki]

first !!! btw bravo airboyd , bravo !!!