The LockheedC-5 Galaxyis today'slargest military transport in the United States Air Force (larger than the A380). The giant aircraft gives theAir Forceintercontinental strategic airlift capabilities and can carry oversized and outsized loads. The Super Galaxy can carry 350 people, two M1 Abrams main battle tanks, six Boeing AH-64 Apache helicopters, or 5 Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The belly of the beast is wide enough for double rows of vehicles. It can carry up to twice as much cargo as any other US airlifter (although it rarely does carry these heavy loads to preserve its airframe).
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Video: The KC-45 (A330 MRTT) – How Boeing Won A Contract First Given To Airbus
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- January 8, 2025
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February 29th, 2008. It was the day that Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it had been selected by the U.S. Air Force to provide the KC-45A aerial refueling tanker for the KC-135 tanker replacement program. Most notably, this jet would be based on the A330 commercial airframe, produced by EADS – which, these days, would be Airbus’ Defence and Space division.Unfortunately, the celebrations wouldn’t last long for Airbus and Northrop Grumman.Just days later, Boeing would launch a full-scale counteroffensive to convince the Air Force that it had selected the wrong aircraft. In the end, Boeing was successful in overturning the Northrop Grumman deal, having its 767-based tanker win instead. It’s been quite awhile since this whole ordeal took place – long before our website and YouTube channels existed. So we thought it would be interesting to take a look back for today’s video!