C-5 Galaxy
Country: 
United StatesManufacturer: Lockheed Martin
«C-5M Super Galaxy»
TransportUnited States1970In service
The C-5 Galaxy is a US four-engine heavy transport family designed for oversized cargo. Its nose and rear loading doors provide access to the main cargo deck; the later C-5M Super Galaxy modernisation introduced new engines and updated systems.
1970 is the family introduction; the depicted C-5M is a later modernisation. Mission crew and payload figures remain unstated.
Transport // C-5M Super GalaxyID — c-5-galaxy
United States · Lockheed Martin
Illustration: C-5M Super Galaxy 87-0035
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Identity
- Designation
- C-5 Galaxy
- Alias
- C-5M Super Galaxy
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Martin
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Transport
- Figures refer to
- C-5M Super Galaxy
Production & service
- Introduced
- 1970
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
Specifications
- MTOW
- —
- Crew
- —
- Armament
- —
- Sensors
- —
- Engines
- —
- Hardpoints
- —
- Empty weight
- —
- Max speed
- —
- Combat radius
- —
- Length / wingspan / height
- 75.3 m / 67.89 m / —
- Service ceiling
- —
Historical profile
The C-5 entered service in 1970. Subsequent B and C configurations retained the family airframe, while the C-5M programme modernised existing aircraft rather than introducing an unrelated transport family.
Variants
C-5AC-5BC-5CC-5M
Related systems
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