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Two C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 436th Military Airlift Wing depart on a personnel and equipment airdrop mission. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

A K-loader transports an M-551 Sheridan light tank to the rear ramp of a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

An M-551 Sheridan light tank is transported across the ramp on a K-loader to be loaded aboard a C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Four M-551 Sheridan light tanks are dropped from the rear of a 436th Military Airlift Squadron C-5B Galaxy aircraft as a second Galaxy aircraft drops pallets of equipment. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Members of the Army's Airborne Special Operation Test Board exit a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft, becoming the first to parachute from a Galaxy aircraft in over 16 years. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Two C-5B Galaxy aircraft from the 436th Military Airlift Wing roll down a taxiway prior to departing on a personnel and equipment airdrop mission. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

A 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft en route to Fort Bragg, N.C., is followed by a T-28B Trojan aircraft assigned to the Army's Airborne Special Operations Test Board. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

An M-551 Sheridan light tank is dropped from the rear of a 436th Military Airlift Squadron C-5B Galaxy aircraft over the Sicily drop zone. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Two groups of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division jump from a pair of 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft over the Sicily drop zone. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division lend a hand in loading an M-551 Sheridan light tank aboard a 436th Military Airlift Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force Airlift Center is conducting tests to certify the airdrop, formation-flying and low-level flight capabilities of Galaxy aircraft. Earlier tests were suspended in 1973 when wing-strength problems were discovered in Galaxy aircraft

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Base: Pope Air Force Base

State: North Carolina (NC)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Hans H. Deffner

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A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is unloaded at sunrise during exercise BRIGHT STAR '80

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Combat Control School students are doing pull-ups on a chinning bar as part of routine daily physical training. The students will become Red Berets upon their graduation

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A Cardwell-500 drilling rig mast is lifted onto a support structure atop a 40-K-loader in preparation for loading onto a 60th Marine Air Wing C-5B Galaxy aircraft. The rig will be flown to Semipalatinsk, USSR, where it will be used to drill a satellite h

Air Force officers and civilians cut the ribbon officially opening the new 437th Military Airlift Wing Headquarters building. From left to right: Major General (MGEN) Jack W. Sheppard, commander, 21st Air Force; Colonel (COL) James C. McCombs, commander, 437th Military Airlift Wing; Sergeant (SGT) David A. Ecton, noncommissioned officer-in-charge of wing command section; Senator Ernest F. Hollings, (Democrat-South Carolina); and retired Lieutenant General (LGEN) James C. Sherrill, former commander of the 437th Military Airlift Wing

U.S. Army personnel, dressed in combat gear with weapons, from the 3/15 Infantry, 24th Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Georgia, wait in a grassy area to board a helicopter at Port au Prince International Airport, Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy. A C-5 Galaxy aircraft is in the background. U.S. military forces are in Haiti to preserve law and order and to restore the democratic government of President Aristide

Passing rain clouds, during sunrise, frame a C-5B Galaxy that is parked on one of Malmstrom Air Force Base's taxiways. The C-5 was used to transport personnel and equipment for the Operational Readiness Inspection (ORI), which tests a unit's ability to operate in a simulated wartime environment

STAFF SGT. Jeff W. Schmidt, 63rd Military Airlift Wing (MAW), checks aircraft arrival times on a list in the Military Airlift Command airlift control element facility. The 63rd MAW is transporting troops and equipment to the base from Fort Hood, Texas, during Purple Penny, a mobility exercise simulating a deployment to South Korea following an attack by North Korean forces

Lieutenant General (LGEN) Robert F. Coverdale, vice commander in chief, Military Airlift Command, reviews troops on the opening day of the multinational tactical airlift competition VOLANT RODEO '85

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