A U.S. Air Force Military Airlift Command Lockheed C-5A <i>Galaxy</i> (s/n 66-8306) in flight. This aircraft was retired to the AMARC as CM0003 on 18 February 2004.
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Unknown date<div style="display: none;">Unknown date</div>; Note: the photo is dated with June 1970, but the "Europe 1" camouflage appeared first in 1978 (on A-10s). It was commonly used in the mid-1980s. In June 1970 all C-5s were painted light grey with the upper half of the fuselage in white. This is a C-5A (AF66-8306) that had recently been through the wing modification program, as evidenced by the mismatch in colors between the wing box and the rest of the fuselage. The photo was likely taken in 1982 or 1983, appeared in Lockheed PR photos as early as 1984, and for many years was mistakenly identified as a C-5B.
U.S. Air Force photo <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/020925-F-9999s-0012.jpg">020925-F-9999s-0012</a> from the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.af.mil/photos/media_search.asp?q=C-5%20Galaxy&amp;page=25">USAF website</a>