The Air Force received its 20th C-5M Super Galaxy on Monday at Travis AFB, Calif., 28 days ahead of schedule, announced Lockheed Martin. An Air Force crew ferried aircraft No. 85-0010 from the company’s plant in Marietta, Ga. The C-5M is Travis’ second Super Galaxy, states a July 1 release. Lockheed Martin is contracted to deliver 52 C-5Ms to the Air Force. “The last plane [to be delivered] will be in the spring of 2018,” Chad Gibson, a Lockheed Martin spokesman, told Air Force Magazine.
The U.S. military is maintaining a beefed-up presence in the Middle East, including fighters and air defense assets, following the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities June 22 and subsequent retaliation by the Iranians against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
