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.
The Air Force awarded a $13.08 billion contract to the Sierra Nevada Corporation on April 26 for its Survivable Airborne Operations Center aircraft, the successor to the service’s E-4B “Doomsday” plane. Like the E-4B, officially called the National Airborne Operations Center, the SAOC will be meant to withstand a nuclear attack and keep…