Plans for a Next Generation Airlift platform, or NGAL, targeted for entry into service in the 2040s, are starting to coalesce.

The US Air Force is targeting the mid-2040s to field a new strategic airlifter that would serve as the single successor to ...

Here's why Lockheed did this. The contest that eventually created the C-5 Galaxy was formally initiated in 1964 as the CX-HLS ...

The C-5M Super Galaxy is 247 feet long with a wingspan of 222 feet. It can carry over 280,000 pounds of cargo inside its ...

The LockheedC-5 Galaxy and the BoeingC-17 Globemaster III are two of the most iconic military transport aircraft in aviation history. Towering over most runways, both are designed to move immense ...

The C-17 Globemaster III's four-engine design holds the key to its unrivaled capabilities. But was this a choice of power or necessity?

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 prime contractor for the U.S. Air Force's C-5 Galaxy re-engining effort has taken delivery of the first aircraft that will go through the program, an Air Force official said Oct. 4. Lockheed ...

Since 1970, the US Air Force's C-5 cargo planes have carried troops and gear all over the world. The C-5 is the Air Force's biggest plane, and the latest model can haul 281,000 pounds and fly 518 mph.

This collection consists of review papers of the C-5 Galaxy originally belonging to G.F. Purkey, a member of the review team. Included here are the team review memos of the fuselage, wing, landing ...