Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2)
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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2)
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2.
Two C-5s were fitted with a countermeasures suite much like that fitted to the SOLL II Starlifters, under a program designated PACER SNOW. Although some sources claim there were considerations for fitting the entire C-5 fleet with PACER SNOW gear, it didn't happen. Two C-5As were modified for NASA to carry space shuttle payload bay cargoes, and were given the new designation of "C-5C". They are also known as the "Space Container Transport System (SCTS)", "Space Container Modifications (SCM)", "SCM Birds", or "Scum Birds". They are flown by Air Force crews but under NASA's operational control, and the USAF has to ask NASA for permission to use them for non-NASA-related missions. They are also rumored to be used for ferrying top-secret cargoes to isolated bases for testing, but of course the government has no comment on such matters. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2). Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2. The Galaxy, or "FRED (Fantastic Ridiculous Economic Disaster)" as it is known to its crews, has been a valuable asset for US military overseas deployments for three decades, and served with particular distinction in the Gulf War, lifting in a little more than two weeks more than the entire Berlin Airlift in 1949. One was lost in a crash at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on 29 August 1990. The accident was a misfortune, but at least it was the only loss of a transport during the Gulf War airlift, and only the fifth Galaxy lost during its entire operational history. The C-5 has also served in later campaigns, up to and including the US occupation of Iraq. One was hit by what appears to have been a shoulder-fired SAM while leaving Baghdad International Airport on 8 January 2004. The transport's number four engine exploded, but the crew managed to get the machine turned back around and down onto the runway with no casualties. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2). Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2.
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (Wallpaper 1)Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2.
Two C-5s were fitted with a countermeasures suite much like that fitted to the SOLL II Starlifters, under a program designated PACER SNOW. Although some sources claim there were considerations for fitting the entire C-5 fleet with PACER SNOW gear, it didn't happen. Two C-5As were modified for NASA to carry space shuttle payload bay cargoes, and were given the new designation of "C-5C". They are also known as the "Space Container Transport System (SCTS)", "Space Container Modifications (SCM)", "SCM Birds", or "Scum Birds". They are flown by Air Force crews but under NASA's operational control, and the USAF has to ask NASA for permission to use them for non-NASA-related missions. They are also rumored to be used for ferrying top-secret cargoes to isolated bases for testing, but of course the government has no comment on such matters. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2). Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2. The Galaxy, or "FRED (Fantastic Ridiculous Economic Disaster)" as it is known to its crews, has been a valuable asset for US military overseas deployments for three decades, and served with particular distinction in the Gulf War, lifting in a little more than two weeks more than the entire Berlin Airlift in 1949. One was lost in a crash at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany on 29 August 1990. The accident was a misfortune, but at least it was the only loss of a transport during the Gulf War airlift, and only the fifth Galaxy lost during its entire operational history. The C-5 has also served in later campaigns, up to and including the US occupation of Iraq. One was hit by what appears to have been a shoulder-fired SAM while leaving Baghdad International Airport on 8 January 2004. The transport's number four engine exploded, but the crew managed to get the machine turned back around and down onto the runway with no casualties. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (wallpaper 2). Lockheed C-5 Galaxy aircraft images wallpaper gallery 2. Lockheed C-5 Galaxy airplane pictures collection 2.
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