Lockeed Martin Delivers Final F-22 Raptor And C-5 Galaxy Planes

Lockheed Martin Delivers Final F-22 Raptor -- FOX News

MARIETTA, Ga. - It was a big moment for the Lockheed Martin plant in Marietta. The plant delivered the final F-22 warplane to the United States Air Force on Wednesday.

Thousands in the area were employed to build the plane in recent years. Work on the plane began in 1991 and at the end, 195 F-22 Raptors were built.

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Update: Final F-22 delivery ceremony at Air Force Plant 6/Lockheed Martin -- Divds

WNU Editor: The C-5 story is here.

USAF’s C-5 Galaxy Gets Modern Upgrades With…GPS!

C-5 Galaxy with a Tomcat

From Autopia/Wired:

Say you have 60 tons of cargo, or a half dozen Apache helicopters you need moved across the Atlantic.

Who you gonna call?

Well Lt. Col. Scott Erickson is happy to help. And thanks to his new cargo carrying behemoth, he can get you there quicker and can carry more supplies than he could have just a few years ago.

For more than a decade Lt. Col. Erickson has been flying the massive C-5 Galaxy for the U.S. Air Force. The giant cargo plane has been around for a while, and after nearly 40 years of service, the Pentagon recently decided to upgrade the largest plane in the fleet. And the difference for the pilots was noticeable the first time they flew the new C-5M model.

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My Comment: I had the opportunity to stand inside a C-5 .... the pictures can never capture the sense of how big it is.