Second C-5M Flown

The second fully modernized C-5M Super Galaxy test aircraft was flown for the first time 17 November from Dobbins ARB in Marietta, Georgia. The C-5M is the second of three aircraft that will comprise the C-5M test fleet. The aircraft will be used mostly for utilities and subsystem tests, airfield performance, and diagnostics testing. The C-5M upgrade includes avionics modernization along with reliability enhancement and re-engining. The first test aircraft has logged more than fifty flight hours since first flight in June 2006. Both of these test aircraft were originally C-5B models. A third test aircraft, a C-5A, is currently in the final stages of modernization.