C-5M Super Galaxy USAF first landed at the airbase in Amari – Aviation EXplorer

September 16, AEX.RU – One of the world’s largest transport aircraft belonging to the US Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy, on Wednesday landed at an air base near Tallinn Amari, said the Main Staff of the Estonian Defence Forces. This writes the Sight.

 

 

 

 “Earlier in the Amari landing are very large transport aircraft like AN-124, C-17, Boeing 747-400F. C-5M Super Galaxy for the first time landed in Amari, before he sat down only in Tallinn, “- said in a statement.

 

 

 

 Transport aircraft delivered to Estonia the necessary equipment and equipment for the Air Force planned exercises. The plane arrived in Estonia with the German Ramstein air base and later fly to the airbase confidence in the US.

 

 

 

 The C-5 is one of the world’s largest military transport aircraft and can carry out strategic tasks. The plane takes more than 122 tons of cargo. The luggage compartment can hold up to six helicopters AH-64 Apache or five armored personnel carriers Bradley. The maximum speed of the C-5 is 930 kilometers per hour, and the maximum distance of the flight with a cargo of 120 tons without refueling in the air is about 4.5 thousand. Km.

 

 

 

 It was reported that over the past year and a half the intensity of combat training of troops from NATO to Russian borders has increased significantly, and in the imaginary enemy, whom the allies are fighting in exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry sees the image of the Russian troops.