5/19/2023 0 Comments Air mobility command e testingTo the 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) To the 60th Air Mobility Wing, Travis AFB, California, Air Mobility Command (AMC) To the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus AFB, Oklahoma, Air Education & Training Command (AETC) To the 443d Military Airlift Wing, Altus AFB, Oklahoma (MAC) To the 60th Military Airlift Wing, Travis AFB, California (MAC) To the 436th Military Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Delaware (MAC) To the 437th Military Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina (MAC) Gallery C-5A Galaxy 69-0014 Arriving, August 7, 2013Īccepted by the United States Air Force for the Military Airlift Command (MAC)ĭelivered to 436th Military Airlift Wing, Dover AFB, Delaware (MAC) With a service life that stretches beyond 2040, the C-5 will remain a central figure in strategic airlift for decades to come. It has also been essential in humanitarian relief efforts including Hurricane Katrina and tsunami and earthquake relief. The C-5 entered operational service in 1970 and has been a vital asset in every military operation since that time including the Vietnam War, Desert Storm, and Operation Enduring Freedom. With a payload of six Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) or up to five helicopters, the C-5 can haul twice as much cargo as any other airlifter. MissionĪs the Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter, the C-5 Galaxy can carry more cargo farther distances than any other aircraft. In 1973, 69-0014 was the first factory-new C-5A assigned to Dover AFB, Delaware, and on 20 October 2013 it moved to the AMC Museum marking the first time a C-5 was retired to a museum. In the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), the capability was used as a negotiating point. Due to engineering and security difficulties, however, the program was not continued. The test proved the feasibility of launching an ICBM from the air. The 10-second engine burn carried the missile to 20,000 feet again before it dropped into the ocean. ![]() The missile descended to 8,000 feet under a parachute before its rocket engine fired. Air Force successfully conducted an Air Mobile Feasibility Test when C-5A Galaxy 69-0014 (this aircraft!) air dropped an 86,000-lb Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from 20,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean. This is part of the museum's First, Last, and Only aircraft- View the others
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