Military Transport Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/military-aviation/military-transport/ Aviation News and History From An Informed Perspective Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:28:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://avgeekery.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-avgeekerylarge1-32x32.jpg Military Transport Archives — Avgeekery.com https://avgeekery.com/category/blog/military-aviation/military-transport/ 32 32 104229628 Sun n’ Fun: You Are Cleared for a PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACH-Not a Flyover https://avgeekery.com/sun-n-fun-you-are-cleared-for-a-practice-instrument-approach-not-a-flyover/ Sat, 30 Mar 2024 14:28:40 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=34632 Lakeland Tower: “SPAR 28, you are cleared for a Practice Instrument Approach to Runway 05, Circle to Runway 09, cleared for the Option.” SPAR 28: “Roger. SPAR 28 is cleared…

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]]> 34632 Restoring Cobras And Hueys at the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation https://avgeekery.com/restoring-cobras-and-hueys-at-the-army-aviation-heritage-foundation/ Wed, 09 Aug 2023 12:12:14 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=32624 Restoring Cobras and Hueys at the Army Aviation Heritage Foundation is serious business. Based in Hampton, Georgia, the AAHF are caretakers to these iconic helicopters that once served in multiple…

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]]> 32624 New Video Highlights The Last Flights of Antonov An-225 Mriya  https://avgeekery.com/tribute-to-antonov-an225-mriya/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:24:49 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=29403 Last February, the world lost an engineering marvel when Russian forces attacked and destroyed the sole Antonov An-225 “Mriya” at Hostomel Airport (GML) near Kyiv, Ukraine.  The company that chartered…

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]]> 29403 How The YC-15 Led To The C-17’s Success https://avgeekery.com/how-the-yc-15-led-to-the-c-17s-success/ Fri, 12 Aug 2022 15:19:14 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=29206 In 1968, the U. S. Air Force issued a Request for Proposals for an Advanced Medium Short Takeoff and Landing Transport (AMST) “with an eye toward replacing” the Lockheed C-130.…

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]]> 29206 WATCH: C-141 Starlifters Served All Over the World https://avgeekery.com/watch-c-141-starlifters-served-all-over-the-world/ https://avgeekery.com/watch-c-141-starlifters-served-all-over-the-world/#respond Sat, 27 Nov 2021 21:16:02 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26635 Lockheed’s Versatile Airlifter Was Flown to Vietnam and Beyond- Often by Reservists The Lockheed C-141A Starlifter was first flown on 17 December 1963. Starlifters, AKA Tube of Pain, served with…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/watch-c-141-starlifters-served-all-over-the-world/feed/ 0 26635 LMXT: Lockheed’s Newest Tanker Proposal Built on the A330 MRTT https://avgeekery.com/lmxt-lockheeds-newest-tanker-proposal-built-on-the-a330-mrtt/ https://avgeekery.com/lmxt-lockheeds-newest-tanker-proposal-built-on-the-a330-mrtt/#respond Sat, 18 Sep 2021 17:28:42 +0000 https://avgeekery.com/?p=26097 Replace the KC-135? Better Bring Your A Game Lockheed Martin introduced their new LMXT on 17 September 2021. The aircraft is based on the Airbus A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/lmxt-lockheeds-newest-tanker-proposal-built-on-the-a330-mrtt/feed/ 0 26097 WATCH: A Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Triple Feature https://avgeekery.com/watch-a-lockheed-c-141-starlifter-triple-feature/ https://avgeekery.com/watch-a-lockheed-c-141-starlifter-triple-feature/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2021 18:10:35 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=25340 These Versatile Airlifters Became the Backbone of Military Air Transport Serving for 40 Years The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), then the Military Airlift…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/watch-a-lockheed-c-141-starlifter-triple-feature/feed/ 0 25340 The Packet: Fairchild’s Innovative But Flawed Airlifter Design https://avgeekery.com/the-packet-fairchilds-innovative-but-flawed-airlifter-design/ https://avgeekery.com/the-packet-fairchilds-innovative-but-flawed-airlifter-design/#respond Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:57:21 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=25185 The C-82A Was a Groundbreaking Transport But In the End It Just Couldn’t Hack It When Fairchild began development of what would become their C-82 Packet to meet a 1941…

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]]> https://avgeekery.com/the-packet-fairchilds-innovative-but-flawed-airlifter-design/feed/ 0 25185 The Carbon Comet: Lockheed’s X-55A Carbon Fiber Airlifter https://avgeekery.com/the-carbon-comet-lockheeds-x-55a-carbon-fiber-airlifter/ https://avgeekery.com/the-carbon-comet-lockheeds-x-55a-carbon-fiber-airlifter/#respond Tue, 02 Mar 2021 23:39:21 +0000 https://www.avgeekery.com/?p=24515 Timing Was Not on the Side of This Interesting Alternative Technology Hauler On 2 June 2009 what appeared at first glance to be a standard Dornier 328JET commuter jetliner lifted…

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