050203-F-2907C-236
C-5 Galaxy, cargo aircraft, maintains a pre contact position behind an KC-10A Extender, aerial refueling tanker, while over the Pacific ocean west of Mendicino, California. the 79th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif..The gigantic C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability, provides the Air Mobility Command intertheater airlift in support of United States national defense. Four TF39 turbofan engines power the big C-5, rated at 43,000 pounds thrust each. They weigh 7,900 pounds (3,555 kilograms) each and have an air intake diameter of more than 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). Each engine pod is nearly 27 feet long (8.2 meters)... (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)
050203-F-2907C-236
C-5 Galaxy, cargo aircraft, maintains a pre contact position behind an KC-10A Extender, aerial refueling tanker, while over the Pacific ocean west of Mendicino, California. the 79th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif..The gigantic C-5 Galaxy, with its tremendous payload capability, provides the Air Mobility Command intertheater airlift in support of United States national defense. Four TF39 turbofan engines power the big C-5, rated at 43,000 pounds thrust each. They weigh 7,900 pounds (3,555 kilograms) each and have an air intake diameter of more than 8.5 feet (2.6 meters). Each engine pod is nearly 27 feet long (8.2 meters)... (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lance Cheung)