A U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy performs a reverse flow air refueling proof of concept with a KC-10 Extender over Northern California and Oregon on December 12, 2023. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force ...

Turkey nonstop without refueling. According to the Air Force, it can fly 7,000 miles without cargo. U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore. C-5M Super Galaxy unloads a U.S. Army Apache ...

One of those has been refueling tests with the Air Force's largest plane, the C-5M Super Galaxy, which one pilot called "a pinch-me moment." Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

is undergoing a variety of tests out of Edwards Air Force Base, California. Starting on April 29, the KC-46 conducted the first refueling test with a Travis AFB C-5M Super Galaxy. The testing is a ...

In a topsy-turvy bit of military aviation, the US Air Force used a C-5M Super Galaxy heavy transport to refuel a KC-10 Extender refueling tanker aircraft, pumping fuel backwards up the boom from ...

Senior Air Force officials want to return a number of C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft to active duty ... to Incirlik airbase in Turkey — without refueling. Without cargo, that range jumps to more ...

The most recent version, the C-5M, is 247 feet ... With midair refueling, the C-5 has practically unlimited range. The C-5 Galaxy started with a requirement: The Air Force wanted a transport ...

An Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy was damaged in a recent training ... and then fly another 500 nautical miles before refueling, according to an Air Force fact sheet. Matthew M.

It shows a U.S. Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy (84-0060) that had arrived on the previous day and night stopped at the airport, depart to return stateside as “RCH101”. As you can see, the ...