The seventh C-5 transport has entered Lockheed Martin’s modification line in Marietta, Ga., for upgrade to the Super Galaxy configuration. This aircraft, a C-5B model stationed at Dover AFB, Del., will receive more than 70 reliability and performance enhancements, including new General Electric fuel-efficient engines, before rolling off the line in mid 2012, according to the company. These Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program improvements, coupled with new avionics installed under a separate project, will transform this C-5 into the new C-5M Super Galaxy configuration. Overall, the Air Force intends to modernize 52 C-5s (one C-5As, 49 C-5Bs, and two C-5Cs) to the Super Galaxy standard. Marietta officials inducted this C-5 into the RERP line on June 2. Air Force officials have praised the performance of the first C-5Ms that have entered the fleet. (Lockheed release)
NATO Scrambles Fighter in Newest Response to Russian Drones
Sept. 16, 2025
NATO scrambled its first fighter Sept. 13 under its new plan to bolster its defenses against Russian air incursions that was put into place after an array of Russian drones flew into Polish airspace last week, the officials from the alliance’s military command said.
