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C-5 still going strong after 38 years

A modernized version of the C-5 Galaxy, known as the C-5M, made its maiden flight at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., on Monday, June 19. Upgrades to the venerable airlifter include new, more powerful engines; a modern cockpit with a digital, all weather flight control system, a new communications suite and enhanced navigation and safety equipment. (Lockheed Martin photo/David Key)

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C-5A Galaxy

1990's -- Supplies and equipment are unloaded through the nose of a C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Military Airlift Command, in support of Operation Desert Shield.

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C-5A Galaxy participates in Cactus Aloha

A C-5A Galaxy from the 68th Airlift Squadron in San Antonio waits for its passengers at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., in 2006. The C-5 crew flew reservists and equipment from the 482nd Fighter Wing in support of exercise Cactus Aloha at Hickam AFB, Hawaii, (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Thomas Davis)

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C-5A Galaxy in Operation Desert Shield

Military trucks are unloaded from the nose ramp of a C-5A Galaxy transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, Military Airlift Command, in support of Operation Desert Shield. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-5A Galaxy testing

A giant C-5A Galaxy test aircraft from Lockheed flies above California. The aircraft underwent testing at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., from 1969 to 1973. It impressively demonstrated its heavy-lifting capability when one of the test aircraft took off with a gross weight of 798,200 pounds -- nearly 30,000 pounds more than its maximum design weight. (Courtesy photo)

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C-5M arrives at Dover

Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., commander of Air Mobility Command, greets members of the 105th Maintenance Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., Nov. 5, 2010, during a ceremony there to mark the completion of reconditioning of a C-5M Super Galaxy. Later, General Johns flew the C-5M to its new home at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. DeNoris A. Mickle)

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C-5M arrives at Dover

Members from the 105th Maintenance Squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., tour and receive briefings on capabilities of this reconditioned C-5M Super Galaxy Nov. 5, 2010. A ceremony was held to mark the completion of reconditioning on the Super Galaxy prior to its delivery to Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. DeNoris A. Mickle)

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C-5M Galaxy

A C-5 Galaxy sits in a depaint hangar at the Lockheed Martin facility in Marietta, Ga., where workers have masked the seams, composite areas and antennas in order to spray on stripper to remove the paint from the aircraft. C-5s are undergoing Avionics Modernization Program and Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program upgrades, modifying them to C-5M Super Galaxys. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp)

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C-5M Super Galaxy

C-5 Galaxys are undergoing Avionics Modernization Program and Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program upgrades, modifying them to C-5M Super Galaxys. Dover Air Force Base, Del., received the first C-5M in a ceremony Feb. 9. (Courtesy photo)

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C-9 Nightingale

1960s -- The C-9 Nightingale became part of the Air Force inventory August 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-9 Nightingale

1960s -- The C-9 Nightingale flew special aeromedical evacuation missions. The aircraft deployed August 1968 and its medical mission was retired August 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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C-9 Nightingale

1960s -- The C-9 Nightingale flies a mission August 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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California Fires

CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. -- A C-130 equipped with a modular airborne firefighting system helped fight wildfires in Southern California. Pentagon officials released the deployed aircraft and airmen back to their home bases Nov. 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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California Fires

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA -- A C-130E Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System from the 146th Airlift Wing at Channel Islands Air National Guard Station, Calif., makes a Phoschek fire retardant drop on the Simi fire here Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the Simi fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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California Fires

CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. -- Lt. Col. Ron Boll, a C-130E Hercules Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System pilot, takes the right seat on a flight during a fire retardant drop on the Simi fire in Southern California on Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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California Fires

CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. -- - A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130E Hercules from the 146th Airlift Wing here is reloaded with Phoschek fire retardant to be dropped on the Simi Fire in Southern California on Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the Simi fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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California Fires

CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR NATIONAL GUARD STATION, Calif. -- A Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System equipped C-130E Hercules from the 146th Airlift Wing here is reloaded with Phoschek fire retardant to be dropped on the Simi Fire in Southern California on Oct. 28. Pilots flying eight Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo airplanes have dropped 129,600 gallons of retardant on the Simi fire during 48 sorties and 32 flying hours as of Oct. 29. (U.S. AIr Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Dennis W. Goff)

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Calling home

OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- An EC-130H Compass Call aircraft from the 41st Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron refuels while flying a mission over Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Squadron airmen will return home soon to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Luis Drummond)

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Cambodian relief

A C-130 Hercules taxies down the runway May 24 after landing at Kampong Chhnang Province Airfield, Cambodia. This mission delivered 3,000 pounds of medical supplies for two separate operating locations in Cambodia in support of Operation Pacific Angel, a joint/combined humanitarian assistance operation in support of capacity-building efforts. Participating services include the active duty, Reserve and National Guard components of the Air Force, Army, Royal Thai air force, and Royal Cambodian armed forces. The C-130 is from the 144th Airlift Squadron from Kulis Air National Guard Base, Alaska. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tom Czerwinski)

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Cambodian relief

Master Sgt. Tracy Lewis (left) hands off a box of medical supplies to Cambodian Lt. Col. Mark Sophai May 24 at Kampong Chhnang Province Airfield, Cambodia. Multinational medical teams distributed the supplies to forward-operating locations for Operation Pacific Angel. The operation is a joint/combined humanitarian assistance operation in support of capacity-building efforts. Participating services include the active duty, Reserve and National Guard components of the Air Force, Army, Royal Thai air force, and Royal Cambodian armed forces. Sergeant Lews is assigned to the from Pacific Air Forces International Heath Alliance, and Colonel Sophai is a doctor with the Royal Cambodian armed forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tom Czerwinski)

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