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US Air Force Eyes Next-Generation Airlifter Entry To Service By Early 2040s

The NGAL program is still in the early stages of defining its requirements.

The C-5M Super Galaxy serves a critical role in the US Air Force logistics around the world.

A total of 131 C-5 Galaxies were built, while Boeing’s losing design went on to be the 747 and accumulated over 1,500 sales.

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan is larger than the Super Galaxy, although there are areas where the Super Galaxy has the edge over the Ruslan.

52 Lockheed C-5s remain flying today, with most of the original 81 C-52Bs scrapped, in storage, or written off.

Apart from aircraft length, the Airbus A380 is comprehensively larger than the Air Force’s C-5M Super Galaxy.

Many advanced military aircraft were never exported – to protect the technology and sometimes because it was beyond other country’s requirements.

For all of its faults, the C-5 Galaxy is still chugging after 55 years, Here are 5 remarkable facts about this venerable USAF cargo plane.

This autumn, visit many air shows around the country to see a wide range of historic and current US Air Force military aircraft.

Despite the cynically humorous nickname of “FRED,” the C-5M endures. Simple Flying examines mission types that the Super Galaxy supports.