Technicians with Lockheed Martin’s C-5 Galaxy modernization program recently installed the first engine pylon on a test airframe. The Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program is the second phase of a modernization program that will produce more than 70 improvements to the fleet of 112 C-5A and C-5B strategic airlifters in service.
In the face of Chinese war plans to disrupt U.S. command-and-control networks in the event of a conflict, the Air Force needs to focus less on its “connect everything” efforts and prepare its combat aviators to fight without a constant connection to higher-ups, according to a new report from AFA’s…