The US Air Force just spent $143 million on software to keep its 1960s-era C-5 Galaxy flying

The massive C-5 Galaxy will remain in service until 2050, as currently projected.
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Costs of Air Force C-5 plane program triggers review

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Cost overruns in a multi-billion dollar Air Force program to upgrade engines on aging C-5 transport airplanes have exceeded a 15 percent threshold that requires ...
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Lockheed C-5 Galaxy: Inside the largest US military transport aircraft ever constructed

The LockheedC-5M Super Galaxy is the largest military transport aircraft in the United States Air Force, although not the largest in the world. That title goes to the Antonov An-124 Ruslan, after the ...
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Robins Air Force Base: Crews overhaul aging aircraft and organize thousands of parts for future missions

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — In a vast hangar at Robins Air Force Base, crews are dismantling one of the most vital aircraft in the U.S. military’s fleet — the C-5, the Air Force’s largest transport ...