strategic airlift

ATIS Jul 2, 2026

C-5M Super Galaxy - Twenty-Eight Wheels, a Kneeling Nose, and the Engineering Behind Moving an Army

The C-5M Super Galaxy uses 28 wheels and a hydraulic kneeling system that lets it load tanks and helicopters at austere airfields with no ground support infrastructure.

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ATIS Jun 28, 2026

The C-5M Super Galaxy - Why the World's Largest U.S. Military Airlifter Has No Replacement and No Retirement Date

The U.S. Air Force is keeping the C-5M Super Galaxy flying until 2050 - because nothing else can carry what it carries, and the math on a replacement never works out.

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