Lockheed C-5 Galaxy

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The sixth C-5A, 67-0167 makes a pass over the Edwards Air Force Base Open House Display on May 19, 1970. Galaxies were originally painted white over gull gray (FS 16473) with a blue cheat line. The nose radome was black. Photographer Richard Lockett.

Demonstration of refueling a C-5A Galaxy by a Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House Display on May 16, 1973. A Lockheed T-33 flies off the wing of the Galaxy to provide scale.

C-5A 66-8306 at Edwards AFB on September 20, 1981.

C-5A 68-0219 on static display at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House Display on October 23, 1982. The nose visor is up to provide access to the cargo hold. The rear cargo loading doors are also open. The landing gear have been retracted to bring the cargo floor to the same height as a standard truck bed.

C-5A 69-001 on static display at the Vandenberg Air Force Base Airshow on November 14, 1984. In the middle of the eighties, the Galaxy fleet was repainted in European-1 camouflage. The upper surfaces were painted with gray (FS 36118) and two shades of green (FS 34102 and FS 34092). As the camouflaged Galaxies entered the fleet, green nose radomes found their way onto some of the "white top" Galaxies.

The third C-5A, 66-8305 on static display at the Edwards Air Force Base Open House Display on November 9, 1986. The upper surfaces of the wing of this white top Galaxy have acquired the gray/green European-1 camouflage. The entire fleet of C-5A Galaxies had their wing boxes replaced when it as discovered that the original design had a much shorter life than had been predicted. The new wing boxes were painted with the European-1 camouflage in anticipation of the repainting of the rest of the airplanes.

C-5A 69-0012 at Moffett Naval Air Station on July 2, 1988.

C-5B at Edwards Air Force Base on October 23, 1988.

C-5A lands at Frankfurt Airport in Germany on June 29, 1989.

C-5B 85-004, on static display at the Miramar Naval Air Station Airshow on August 12, 1989. The landing gear are in the fully extended position used for take-off and landing.

C-5 at Beale AFB on October 14, 1989.

C-5B 86-016 on static display at the Yuma Marine Corps Air Station Airshow on November 12, 1989.

C-5B 86-026 on static display at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on March 17, 1990.

C-5B 86-0026 at Davis-Monthan AFB on March 17, 1990.

C-5A 69-0026 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991.

C-5A 69-0026 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991.

C-5A 69-0026 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991.

C-5B 85-0004 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991.

C-5B 85-0004 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991.

C-5B 85-0004 at Travis AFB on September 13, 1991. Notice how the main landing gear bogies rotate ninety degrees around the vertical axis as they retract.

C-5B 87-0032 at Nellis AFB on April 25, 1997.

C-5B 87-0032 from Travis AFB makes a pass over the Nellis Air Force Base Golden Air Tattoo on April 26, 1997. C-5 Galaxies are now painted in uniform gray (FS 36173).

C-5 on approach to McClellan Air Force Base on August 7, 1998. Note the large area of the extended flaps.

C-5B 87-0038 takes off from Travis Air Force Base on August 8, 1998.

C-5B 87-0038 takes off from Travis Air Force Base on August 8, 1998.

C-5B 86-0024 at Travis AFB on August 8, 1998.

C-5B 87-0038 at Travis AFB on August 8, 1998.

C-5B 85-0003, Chevrons of Dover at Palm Springs Airport on December 30, 2006.

Lockheed C-5M Galaxy 86-0025 of the 436th Airlift Wing based at Dover Air Force Base on flight test duty at Edwards Air Force Base on September 26, 2007. It is the second Galaxy to be modernized with General Electric CF6-80C2 engines and a glass cockpit. It made its first flight after modification on November 17, 2006.

The C-5M can be distinguished from earlier models of the Galaxy by the shape of the engine nacelles.

C-5M 86-0025 carries a large, orange air-data boom on its nose.

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C-5A 66-8306, Edwards AFB, September 20, 1981
C-5, Beale AFB, October 14, 1989
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C-5A 69-0026, Travis AFB, September 13, 1991
C-5B 85-0004, Travis AFB, September 13, 1991
C-5B 87-0032, Nellis AFB, April 25, 1997
C-5B 87-0032, Nellis AFB, April 26, 1997
C-5, McClellan AFB, August 7, 1998
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Lockheed C-5B Galaxy 87-0039, Travis Air Force Base, August 8, 1998
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China Airlines Boeing 747-409 B-18210 Dreamliner, Los Angeles International Airport, March 2, 2006
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