Old Soldier Retires: C-141 | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.06.24

Airborne-NextGen-04.30.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.01.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers--05.02.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.03.24

Thu, Mar 20, 2003

Old Soldier Retires: C-141

Last of Mississippi Guard's Starlifters Decommissioned

As of Tuesday, the huge birds were just a memory in Jackson (MS), as the last Mississippi Air National Guard Starlifter took off for the great airplane boneyard in the sunny desert.

The 172nd Miltary Airlift Wing, at Jackson International Airport, has been supporting the big grey lifters, the first American all-jet transports (top), since 1986; now, the unit will be home to the C-17 (below).

The Adjutant General of the Mississippi National Guard, Major General James Lipscomb, remarked, as the plane made one last slow pass over those assembled, "The 141, today, goes to the boneyard. It's going to be officially retired from the Air Force inventory."

The C-17s are expected to start arriving in Jackson, in nine or ten months.

FMI: www.af.mil/news/factsheets/C_141B_Starlifter.html

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.04.24)

Aero Linx: JAARS Nearly 1.5 billion people, using more than 5,500 languages, do not have a full Bible in their first language. Many of these people live in the most remote parts of>[...]

NTSB Final Report: Quest Aircraft Co Inc Kodiak 100

'Airplane Bounced Twice On The Grass Runway, Resulting In The Nose Wheel Separating From The Airplane...' Analysis: The pilot reported, “upon touchdown, the plane jumped back>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.04.24)

"Burt is best known to the public for his historic designs of SpaceShipOne, Voyager, and GlobalFlyer, but for EAA members and aviation aficionados, his unique concepts began more t>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.05.24)

"Polaris Dawn, the first of the program’s three human spaceflight missions, is targeted to launch to orbit no earlier than summer 2024. During the five-day mission, the crew >[...]

Read/Watch/Listen... ANN Does It All

There Are SO Many Ways To Get YOUR Aero-News! It’s been a while since we have reminded everyone about all the ways we offer your daily dose of aviation news on-the-go...so he>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC