{"id":35137,"date":"2018-11-04T02:39:19","date_gmt":"2018-11-04T02:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/11\/04\/super-galaxys-will-now-soar-for-decades-but-the-service-has-other-transport-problems\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:05:44","slug":"super-galaxys-will-now-soar-for-decades-but-the-service-has-other-transport-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/11\/04\/super-galaxys-will-now-soar-for-decades-but-the-service-has-other-transport-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Galaxys will now soar for decades, but the service has other transport problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, Lockheed Martin finished 17 years of upgrades to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/2017\/09\/05\/the-air-force-repaired-more-than-half-its-c-5s-after-a-stand-down-this-summer\/\" target=_blank>Air Force\u2019s C-5M Super Galaxy<\/a>, delivering the 52nd aircraft to the service under the Reliability and Re-engineering Program, which began in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 65 feet tall, 247 feet long, and with a wingspan of 223 feet, the C-5 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2017\/07\/19\/amc-commander-requests-maintenance-assessment-of-all-c-5s\/\" target=_blank>the largest transport plane<\/a> in use by the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can haul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2014\/11\/28\/dover-afb-c-5s-key-to-afghanistan-gear-recovery\/\" target=_blank>120,000 pounds of cargo<\/a> more than 5,500 miles \u2014 the distance from Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey \u2014 without refueling. Without cargo, that range is more than 8,000 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/09\/25\/air-force-looks-to-data-analytics-to-help-solve-b-1-c-5-maintenance-challenges\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4738128.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US Air Force turns to data analytics to solve B-1, C-5 maintenance challenges<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Both aircraft have been associated with embarrassing mishaps over the past year. Will data help?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The upgrade program involved 70 modifications to improve the plane\u2019s reliability, efficiency, maintainability and availability. Among them were changes to the airframe; to its environmental, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems; and to the landing gear and flight controls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main addition was more powerful engines\u2014 an upgrade from four General Electric TF-39 engines to GE F-138 engines, which are quieter and will allow the Super Galaxy to haul more cargo with less room needed for takeoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_soldiers_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_soldiers_web.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_soldiers_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_soldiers_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_soldiers_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Soldiers with the the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade push a CH-47F Chinook from the cargo bay of a C-5M Super Galaxy on Pope Army Airfield at Fort Bragg, N.C., in February 2017. (Capt. Adan Cazarez\/Army)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All together, RERP upgrades yielded &#8220;a 22 percent increase in thrust, a shorter takeoff roll; [and] a 58 percent improvement in climb rate,&#8221; according to a Lockheed release, which said the modifications also gave the C-5M greater fuel efficiency and reduced its need for tanker support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those upgrades extend the Super Galaxy\u2019s service life into the 2040s. But they didn\u2019t make the Air Force\u2019s largest plane any more comfortable to fly. So the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard took over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You know, the big Air Force is spending millions and millions of dollars \u2014 new engines, avionics upgrades, all that kind of stuff \u2014 but then, at the end of the day, it looked like something that would be \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2018\/03\/16\/air-force-c-5m-super-galaxy-lands-on-nose-after-gear-malfunction\/\" target=_blank>on a used-car lot<\/a>,\u201d Capt. Paul Gonzalez, the officer-in-charge of the C-5M refurbishment program team at Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, New York, told Air Force Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gonzalez said his team overhauled the C-5Ms&#8217; interiors, re-doing many of the features that make using the aircraft bearable for the crews who fly them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They revamped or replaced interior panels, cleaned up crew and passenger seating, and added decals, according to Air Force Magazine. They also reapplied non-skid materials to the cargo area for safety purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Each aircraft required 40 days of work. These weren&#8217;t just cosmetic changes, however.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEven if you have the brand-new interior of a house, if the outside\u2019s falling apart, you\u2019re still not gonna feel comfortable in that house,\u201d Master Sgt. Sara Pastorello, the 105th\u2019s public affairs superintendent, told Air Force Magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_pilots_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_pilots_web.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_pilots_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_pilots_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_pilots_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Capt Jonathan Primeaux, Major Joseph Pierce and Capt. Coy Incaprera, pilots assigned to the 9th Airlift Squadron, fly a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover AFB, Del., to Atlantic City, N.J., Oct. 17, 2018. The aicrew flew local patterns and performed touch-and-go&#8217;s in Atlantic City, N.J., and Dover, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe M. Wockenfuss)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The team at Stewart pursued the refurbishment project after they learned some 200 maintainer jobs would be lost as the base switched from handling C-5s to C-17s. The project wrapped up in October, after eight years, refurbishing 49 of the 52 upgraded C-5Ms and saving the Air Force $45.5 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>\u2018The next discussion&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The C-5 modernization push began in 1998. The first upgraded one was delivered in 2009 and the final arrived earlier this year \u2014 two decades later. But now the Air Force is planning more changes for its airlift fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September, the service detailed its goal to build the &#8220;Air Force We Need&#8221; by adding another 74 squadrons by 2030, bringing the total to 386 squadrons. The proposal called for 14 more tanker squadrons and one additional airlift squadron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Mobility Command chief Gen. Maryanne Miller said at the end of October that analysis in the plan supported the addition of three new C-17 Globemaster III squadrons and the elimination of two C-130J Hercules squadrons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_truck_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_truck_web.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_truck_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_truck_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_truck_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aircrew members from the 22nd Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., unload a double recirculating cement mixer trailer from a C-5M Super Galaxy at Hilo International Airport, Hawaii, May 15, 2018. The 22nd AS delivered the trailer to Hawaii in support of Kilauea volcano relief efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Louis Briscese)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force is in the process of returning to service eight C-5Ms put in reserve due to the sequester, but those will go to existing squadrons rather than to starting new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dozens of older C-5s were retired earlier this decade, but there are no plans to pull them out of the boneyard \u2014 where the Air Force previously got parts to repair other C-5s\u2014 and upgrade them to augment the airlift fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Air Force studies found that the newer C-17, a strategic airlifter, is in higher demand than the much older C-130, a tactical aircraft put to use in transport, airborne assault, search and rescue, aerial refueling and other roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rejiggering described by Miller, first reported by Defense News, a sister publication of Air Force Times, would give the service 54 airlift squadrons \u2014 one more than it has now.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/airlift-tanker-annual\/2018\/10\/26\/could-the-air-force-restart-the-c-17-production-line\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/29843146237_d2a3489766_k.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Could the Air Force restart the C-17 production line?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The same analysis that laid out the Air Force&#039;s 386-squadron goal may also point to getting more C-17s and getting rid of a couple C-130 squadrons.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there&#8217;s always a catch. The C-17 production line run by Boeing in Long Beach, California, has been shut down. The firm produced its last Globemaster in 2015, according to Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_aircrew_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65752\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_aircrew_web.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_aircrew_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_aircrew_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_aircrew_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aircrew members from the 9th Airlfit Squadron and maintainers from the 436th Maintenance Squadron work through pre-flight requirements aboard a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 17, 2018, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zoe M. Wockenfuss)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Restarting it would be an expensive proposition, and Miller said it\u2019s one the service has not discussed with Boeing, stressing that discussions of the airlift fleet\u2019s future composition will also be shaped by a study that is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThose are the details that we have not looked at,\u201d Miller said of restarting the production line. \u201cThat will be the next discussion as we proceed, talking with Congress and working with Congress, because the same would apply for the tanker fleet. An additional 14 squadrons by 2030 \u2014 what would be the path to get there?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MORE FROM BUSINESS INSIDER<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2666 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/r-us-navy-chief-says-us-china-to-meet-more-and-more-on-high-seas-2018-10\" target=_blank>Weeks after a showdown in the South China Sea, the Navy\u2019s top officer says the US and China will \u2018meet more and more on high seas\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2666 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/stanley-mcchrystal-leadership-2018-10\" target=_blank>After treasuring a painting of Robert E. Lee for 40 years, Gen. Stanley McChrystal threw it away and began to question the leaders he admired<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2666 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dramatic-video-shows-chinese-ch-5-combat-drone-blowing-things-up-2018-11\" target=\"_blank\">This dramatic video shows China\u2019s answer to America\u2019s top combat drone blowing things to bits<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1199\" height=\"629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_sunset_web.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_sunset_web.jpg.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_sunset_web.jpg.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_sunset_web.jpg.jpg?resize=768,403 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/C-5_sunset_web.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,537 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to the 22nd Airlift Squadron sits on the flightline at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 25, 2018. 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