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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

It was an Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy. Here's some information on the ... It can fly 5,500 miles without aerial refueling while carrying 120,000 pounds of cargo. "With aerial refueling, the ...

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.

Air Mobility Command aircrews flying C-5M Super Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III ... from the original destination — all without aerial refueling,” the fact sheet states.