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U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy lands in Malmö, Sweden

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With its tremendous payload capability, the gigantic C-5 Galaxy, an outsized cargo transport, provides the Air Mobility Command intertheater airlift in support of United States national defense. The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world. It can carry outsized cargo intercontinental ranges and can take off or land in relatively short distances. Ground crews can load and offload the C-5 simultaneously at the front and rear cargo openings since the nose and aft doors open the full width and height of the cargo compartment. It can also “kneel down” to facilitate loading directly from truck bed levels. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brett Snow) .

An American giant has arrived in Sweden. On Saturday morning, one of the world’s largest transport aircraft, a C-5 Galaxy, belonging to the US Air Force, landed at Malmö Airport. The aircraft departed from Travis Air Force Base in California and completed a non-stop journey before touching Swedish soil at approximately 10:30.

The purpose of its presence in Sweden remains unclear. Fredrik Helmertz, the on-duty communicator at the Swedish Armed Forces, stated, “I do not know. They have applied for and been granted permission to enter Swedish airspace and then land.”

The C-5 Galaxy, manufactured by Lockheed Martin and first flown in 1968, boasts impressive dimensions, measuring 75 meters long and weighing just over 170 tonnes.

Source: Dagens Nyheter

3 COMMENTS

  1. Galaxy S5 in Sweden accession is opportune after Soviet defense has been punctured at Psov, with 5 IL-76 destroyed. Keonigsberg will be next to isolate and destroy. Germany must assume leading position in Moscow destruction as blatant subversive intrigues regime imposed by imposters

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