USAF Wants More Airlift Capacity But With C-17 Out Of Production What Could Provide It?
Not all airlift sorties involve landing on short fields or hauling tanks. Commercial types offer better reliability and efficiency for many missions.
Not all airlift sorties involve landing on short fields or hauling tanks. Commercial types offer better reliability and efficiency for many missions.
Strap in tight as we take an in-depth dive with Lockheed’s chief C-130 test pilot.
The massive Galaxy airlifter is notorious for landing gear issues and low reliability overall.
Years of budget cuts mean the service has less than 50 of the massive airlifters available for worldwide missions.