Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane
The C-5 can swallow main battle tanks and take them to Antarctica...and that's just the beginning.
By Kyle Mizokami
Aug 27, 2020
The largest military transport in the U.S.'s arsenal is also one of the largest planes in the world— and its five decades of operation is worth celebrating. With the ability to swallow 50-ton main battle tanks and deposit them on another continent, the Galaxy is an essential part of the global logistics system.
"[The C-5] symbolized the size, power, might and majesty of the United States Air Force," says Air Force Historian John Leland, and it still does to this day. For a half-century, the Galaxy has kept America’s armed forces, allies, and far-flung scientists well supplied in the most remote corners of the Earth, and it will continue to do the job for the foreseeable future.
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