The Air Force Reserve's C-5 Formal Training Unit (FTU) provides initial and advanced C-5 flight qualification for the entire fleet of 52 C-5M aircraft. The C-5 is operated by three major commands; Air Mobility Command, the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command.

It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many similarities to the smaller Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and the later Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.

2018年6月18日 · Golden Boy Saga, Best in His Class. At the end of a very long day in the spring of 2004, as we neared Honolulu from the west, approach control cleared us in our C-5 to descent from altitude to 5,000 feet. “Golden Boy,” on his recommend ride for upgrade to aircraft commander, pulled the throttles back about half way and started down.

2017年12月18日 · It also added new safety equipment and installed a new autopilot system. Another part of the C-5 modernization plan was a comprehensive Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP). The last of the Air Force’s 52 C-5s are scheduled to complete the RERP modification in fiscal year 2018.

2015年8月31日 · One of Foxtrot Alpha’s readers, Ben Brown, flies the Pentagon’s biggest jet, the mighty Lockheed C-5 Galaxy. He has taken the time to give us a detailed view of not only what it takes to become a...

C-5M is a modernized version of the legacy C-5 designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Currently the U.S. Air Force owns and operates 52 C-5B/C/M. They are stationed at Dover AFB, Delaware; Travis AFB, California; Lackland AFB, Texas; and Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. Features.

2007年6月1日 · Josh Soule, a C-5 instructor pilot with the 436th AW, said the aircraft is now pushing the technological edge. “We’ve got top-of-the-line communications,” said Soule, who flew C-5s for three years before finally getting into an AMPed bird.

2018年3月27日 · Having the right crew is essential when it comes to flying a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft — that is why instructors at the 733rd Training Squadron and 356th Airlift Squadron here prepare students to operate a multi-million dollar aircraft.

2018年7月16日 · In the early 2000s, the Air Force began a modernization program on the C-5 upgrading the avionics with flat panel displays, improving the navigation and safety equipment and installing a new auto-pilot system. In 2006, the C-5 was refitted with GE CF6 Engines, pylons and auxiliary power units.

2018年10月14日 · FRED pilot explains why in the 1980s empty C-5 airlifters had to carry a rock in their cargo bay