The Air Force is one of the strongest branches of every country's military sector. This is because they don't only help in launching attacks at their counterparts, but also help move huge cargo from place to place. Today, we will be taking a look at the biggest aircraft in the US Army, what it can do and how much one of the "big birds" cost. The US Army has a fleet of aircrafts in their Airforce base and the biggest of them is the giant Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.
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The military aircraft was designed and built by Lockheed (an American aerospace engineering company that specialized in making aircrafts). With a top speed of 932 kilometers per hour, Lockheed's C-5 Galaxy was confirmed to match the basic requirements for US military cargo transportation.
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The C-5 Galaxy can carry nothing less than 280,000 pounds of load on a single flight. With a total length of 75 meters, the C-5 Galaxy weighs nothing less than 170,000 kilograms.
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This US military cargo aircraft is currently priced at the rate of 167.7 million dollars.
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