what we are talking about:
The C-5A/B Galaxy mission profile
Passengers Transport:
- the C-5A/B always seats 73 personnel in rearward-facing airline-style seats in the upper aft deck, located above the main cargo compartment. If they using palletized seats in its cargo compartment there is place for another 290 passengers.
Equipment Transport:
- typical loads include two M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks
- one M1A1 Abrams and two M2 Bradley fighting vehicles
- four M551 Sheridan light tanks plus one tactical vehicle
- sixteen 3/4 ton trucks
- ten LAV-25's light armored vehicles
- four Boeing AH-64D Apache attack-helicopters
Airborne operations:
- the C-5A/B is not usually employed for airborne operations but some crews are qualified, the rear loading ramp is capable of opening in flight to drop 338 paratroopers, or four Sheridan tanks or a combination of these.
Developing Nation: United States
First Flight(s): (C-5A) June 30th 1968
First operational: December 17th 1969