This video shows how NASA studied wingtip vortices using a C-5A Galaxy about 50 years ago. Although they dissipate at a certain distance from the wing, wingtip vortices, that form because of the ...

A U.S. Air Force panel has concluded that the aging C-5A Galaxy transport fleet can keep flying safely for another quarter century if adequate upgrades are made. The Air Force Fleet Viability Board ...

Before the birds woke up March 12, 63 Air Force Reservists from Port San Antonio's 433rd Airlift Wing gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland prepared to fly out to out to southern California on ...

The US military could juggle its mix of strategic airlift and sealift resources based on the results of a mobility capabilities study due to be launched later this month, but the fate of the Lockheed ...

The US Air Force wants to start retiring its eight worst-performing Lockheed Martin C-5A Galaxy strategic transports, but is still awaiting Congressional approval. USAF officials have yet to be be ...

FILE - A Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, a military transport aircraft used by the United States Air Force, UK, Sept. 11 1974. (Photo by Evening Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) DOVER, Del. — It was a ...

The U.S. Air Force is nearing completion of a formal assessment to determine whether the aging C-5A Galaxy fleet should be retired, a service representative said March 1. The Air Force Fleet Viability ...

DOVER, Del. — It was a challenge that turned into a dare that eventually led to the takeoff of one of the most momentous C-5A Galaxy flights out of Dover Air Force Base Jan. 30, 1986. Retired Col.