The world’s largest military aircraft, the Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, makes its first flight, as company pilots Leo Sullivan and Walt Hensleigh use only 4,500 feet of the 10,000-foot runway at Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga., to get airborne.
Air Force Tests New Sentinel Reentry Vehicle
Oct. 13, 2026
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center tested its new intercontinental ballistic missile reentry vehicle Oct. 9, launching the in-development vehicle atop a Minotaur I rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif.
