In 2025, the C-5 still leads in raw payload and range, while the C-17 dominates in flexibility and access, two giants that shape modern air mobility.

The concept of the Next Generation Airlifter is taking shape as a single platform that can perform the role of both the C-5 and C-17 transports.

The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy remains one of the largest production aircraft to have ever flown, but whereas the 747's size has ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A U.S Air Force C5 Galaxy landed at NAS Pensacola on Friday afternoon. The C5 is from the 312th Airlift Squadron out of Travis Air Force Base in California. It's in town to ...

China unveils a next-generation military transport capable of carrying 120 tonnes over 6,500 km, challenging US airlift ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Air Force's C5 Galaxy left NAS Pensacola Monday morning with a F/A-18 Hornet after a brief stay. WEAR News previously reported that the Air Force's largest aircraft landed at ...

Airlift is the great arm of America to deliver troops and/or supplies rapidly around the world. The continuously high operational use of the past years has confirmed two things most mobility experts ...

The USAF utilizes many cargo planes, but few measure up to the C-17 Globemaster's capabilities. There are larger, but it's not just about its payload capacity.

The C-5 Galaxy is an intercontinental-range, heavy-lift military cargo/personnel-transport aircraft. The aircraft made its first flight in June 1968; 81 of the C-5A model were produced through 1973.

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A C-17 Globemaster on the runway. - Matheus Obst/Shutterstock As enormous a military budget as the United States has, money is never infinite. It's being allocated in a thousand different directions, ...