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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

It has been called the most massive and ambitious airlift operation in human history. During the Gulf War in 1991, a ...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Air Force retired the last Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) C-141 StarLifter airlifter to the National ...
A group of dedicated volunteers spent the month of October restoring and affixing newly acquired wing parts to the C-141B “Starlifter” at the Marietta Museum of History’s Aviation Wing. Visitors can ...
WASHINGTON – Forty years ago today, a C-141A Starlifter transport jet with a distinctive red cross on its tail lifted off from Hanoi, North Vietnam, and the first flight of 40 U.S. prisoners of war ...
The last two C-141 Starlifter transports in the U.S. Air Force inventory were retired last week from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, N.J. The Lockheed-built aircraft entered service in ...
Ex-POWs are on a flight about to be reunited with family members in February 1973. File photo courtesy of the 375th Air Mobility Wing History Office On Feb. 14, 1973, the first of 14 C-141A ...
With unmatched power and range, the C-141 Starlifter redefined military logistics. From massive cargo hauls to life-risking missions, it pushed the limits of what a transport jet could do—and then ...
MARIETTA — A bench dedicated to the people that flew, built and maintained the C-141 Starlifter was unveiled at the Aviation History and Technology Center on Saturday.
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio are many notable aircraft including Air Force VC-137C SAM 26000 “Air Force One,” which brought President John F. Kennedy’s body ...
I don't know why I was so sad. I guess the retirement of an old friend does that to you sometimes. Bittersweet would be my feelings predicted my managing editor before I left on the assignment to ...