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US Air Force Gets Latest C-5M Super Galaxy

By Juliet Van Wagenen | November 4, 2016
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C-5M Super Galaxy. Photo: Lockheed Martin
C 5M Super Galaxy. Photo: Lockheed Martin

[Avionics Magazine 11-04-2016] The U.S. Air Force took delivery of the newest C-5M Super Galaxy on Nov. 1. The C 5M was ferried from the Lockheed Martin and will be assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing, the U.S. Air Force Reserve Command unit at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

The aircraft, formerly assigned to Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts, was flown to Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, for interior paint restoration and to receive its new Texas state flag tail flash prior to final delivery. It is the fourth C-5M assigned to Lackland.

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