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Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane The C-5 was projected to fly more and bigger cargo and do it faster and with fewer planes. In 1965, Gen. Howard Estes, commander of the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service, said the C-5 would have radically sped up Operation Big Lift, an exercise that flew 15,500 soldiers from the U.S. to Germany, “We used 234 aircraft [C-118s and C-124s], each flying one mission, and completed the lift in 63 hours." Estes said. "By comparison 42 C-5As could do Army Equipment, C 5 Galaxy, Brazilian Air Force, Air Force Special Operations, Private Pilot License, Airplane Flying, Flying Vehicles, Cargo Aircraft, Air Transport

Why the C-5 Galaxy Is Such a Badass Plane The C-5 was projected to fly more and bigger cargo and do it faster and with fewer planes. In 1965, Gen. Howard Estes, commander of the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service, said the C-5 would have radically sped up Operation Big Lift, an exercise that flew 15,500 soldiers from the U.S. to Germany, “We used 234 aircraft [C-118s and C-124s], each flying one mission, and completed the lift in 63 hours." Estes said. "By comparison 42 C-5As could…

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