Big Lifter
US Air Force Reserve Command's Lockheed C-141C Starlifter
67-0027 from the 459th AW seen at her very dull and wet home at Andrews AFB, Maryland during the 2001 'Openhouse'
Most of the USAF's C-141A fleet of 'Lifters' were 'stretched' to B models to increase their load carrying capabilities
Later they were upgraded as C models. Those remaining were eventually retired and replaced by the C-17 Globemaster III
All Starlifters were operated by the USAF bar one which was produced as a potential civil option but was never sold as such - eventually being acquired by NASA as a flying laboratory.
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency
Big Lifter
US Air Force Reserve Command's Lockheed C-141C Starlifter
67-0027 from the 459th AW seen at her very dull and wet home at Andrews AFB, Maryland during the 2001 'Openhouse'
Most of the USAF's C-141A fleet of 'Lifters' were 'stretched' to B models to increase their load carrying capabilities
Later they were upgraded as C models. Those remaining were eventually retired and replaced by the C-17 Globemaster III
All Starlifters were operated by the USAF bar one which was produced as a potential civil option but was never sold as such - eventually being acquired by NASA as a flying laboratory.
Scanned Kodak 35mm Transparency