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    Galaxy rising: C-5's future to 'surge' to new heights [Image 2 of 2]

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    A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy strategic transport aircraft (tail number 9024) is shown with its distinctive nose visor raised, enabling front-loading of cargo. Ground personnel are overseeing the loading of a desert-tan military wheeled armored vehicle onto the aircraft's cargo ramp. The setting appears to be a desert airfield, likely in the Middle East, based on the arid environment and vehicle color scheme.

    BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AFGHANISTAN

    06.06.2011

    Photo by Master Sgt. Scott Sturkol                                                                                                                    

    Air Mobility Command

    Airmen load a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., with cargo at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, June 5, 2011. The C-5M's mission to Bagram was to complete the first Arctic overflight from Dover AFB to Bagram Air Field. The plane successfully landed at Bagram in just over 15 hours June 6, 2011.

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    Date Taken: 06.06.2011
    Date Posted: 04.19.2012 12:15
    Photo ID: 561731
    VIRIN: 110606-F-OK556-001
    Resolution: 3150x2100
    Size: 1.28 MB
    Location: BAGRAM AIR FIELD, AF
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    The image shows ground crew personnel working beneath the wing of a large military aircraft, identifiable by its paired jet engine pods characteristic of a B-52 Stratofortress. Two airmen in camouflage uniforms are maneuvering a ground support equipment cart on the flight line. The scene appears to be routine pre-flight or post-flight maintenance operations on a military airfield.
    A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy strategic transport aircraft (tail number 9024) is shown with its distinctive nose visor raised, enabling front-loading of cargo. Ground personnel are overseeing the loading of a desert-tan military wheeled armored vehicle onto the aircraft's cargo ramp. The setting appears to be a desert airfield, likely in the Middle East, based on the arid environment and vehicle color scheme.

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