Mon, Aug 29, 2011
Aircraft Delivered Wednesday Is One Of 52 To Be Modernized
The third production C-5M Super Galaxy has been delivered to the
U.S. Air Force. The sixth C-5M overall to be delivered to the Air
Force, this aircraft will undergo internal paint restoration at
Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., before traveling to its
permanent home at Dover AFB, DE. In July, the C-5M Super Galaxy
became the first U.S. airlifter to perform a polar overflight
direct from Dover AFB to Afghanistan.
C-5M File Photo
Lockheed Martin is on contract to modernize a total of 52 C-5s,
consisting of 49 B-, two C- and one A-model aircraft through the
Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program (RERP). The program
incorporates more than 70 changes and upgrades, including newer,
quieter General Electric engines making the C-5M more reliable and
10 percent more fuel efficient than legacy C-5s.
The Super Galaxy is America's premier global direct delivery
weapon system and the only strategic airlifter capable of linking
the homeland directly to the warfighter in all theaters of combat
without refueling. The C-5M recently delivered 3,300 tons of
helicopters to Afghanistan with a mission capable rate of nearly 90
percent.
The C-5M's demonstrated improvements in performance and
efficiency validate the value to the taxpayer of modernizing proven
and viable aircraft. The C-5 can carry twice the cargo of other
strategic airlift systems and is the only strategic airlifter
capable of carrying 100 percent of certified air-transportable
cargo.
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