AIR FORCE - Scientists Test Commercial Jet Fuel Nov 11, 2009
Air Force officials to use commercial jet fuel to replace military spec fuel (DOD DefenseLINK)
AIR FORCE - Major Receives Hispanic Award Oct 16, 2009
His Air Force career includes duty as a Minuteman III missileer before becoming a C-5 Galaxy and C-21 pilot. The HENAAC awards also honored several Air Force members as "luminaries.". (DOD DefenseLINK)
AIR FORCE - Simulator Enhances Training Oct 7, 2009
" Currently, AMC officials have C-17 Globemaster III simulators linked together through the Distributed Mission Operations Center, or DMOC, located at Kirtland AFB, N.M. The C-17 simulators and aircrews are based out of Charleston AFB, S.C., McChord AFB, Wash., Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, and Hickam AFB, Hawaii. In August, AMC contracted to set up its own distributed training center, or DTC, to be housed in the 126th Air Refueling Wing's simulator facility building at Scott AFB. AMC is also looking... (DOD DefenseLINK)
Exclusive: High-Tech Hardware in Afghanistan Oct 6, 2009
From the flight deck, it looks like your average plane, but from the belly of a C-5 Galaxy, you quickly realize it's anything but ordinary. Once the largest plane in the whole world, the C-5 Galaxy is still the largest bird in the US Air Force fleet and can hold supplies equivalent to the weight of 20 school buses. (Fox News)
N.H. National Guard unveils weapon Sep 23, 2009
"It was also important to give state political leaders the opportunity to see what the National Guard does firsthand, he said.The 136-foot KC-135 Stratotanker provides aerial refueling support to all branches of the military, as well as allied forces and has the capability of offloading 6,500 pounds of fuel per minute. On Tuesday, the tankers topped off a C-5 Galaxy, a 250-foot transport aircraft."You're going to feel like you're right in their lap," warned Col. Rick Greenwood.Traveling at 300... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Air Force Sentrys to Get Ergonomically Designed Seats Aug 27, 2009
New ergonomic seats installed in E-3 fleet (DOD DefenseLINK)
NASCAR notes May 28, 2009
The crew will visit Dover Air Force Base on Thursday and will tour the massive C-5 Galaxy planes and the Air Mobility Command Museum. "It's pretty cool to get a chance to visit Air Force bases," said Sorenson. (USA Today -- Sports)
Terror plot suspects have lengthy criminal records May 22, 2009
AP Photo - A New York Air National Guard C-5 Galaxy airplane lands at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., Thursday, May 21, 2009. Three of the four men accused of a New York bombing plot appeared in a White Plains, N.Y., federal court Thursday. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Fire damages cargo plane at Ohio Air Force base Mar 28, 2009
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - The Air Force says an apparent electrical fire broke out aboard a parked C-5 Galaxy cargo plane at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton. Maj. (FOX19.com, OH)
Airmen Represent U.S. Military at Australian Airshow Mar 20, 2009
Airmen represent U.S. military at airshow 'down under. " Airmen also assisted the Australian government fight catastrophic bushfires that killed more than 200 people in February as a C-5 crew from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., transported tons of fire retardants to the Victorian Department of Sustainability March 7. The C-5 then stayed in Australia and was on display at the airshow. "We were tasked to fly 52 tons of fire retardants to support efforts against the Australian bushfires," said Maj.... (DOD DefenseLINK)
