Topeka was wonderful

I flew that one

The C-5M is the upgraded version of the C-5 A/B model, mainly new engines, the article talks about all the changes

Dover is a wonderful place isn't it?

Oh that's why I haven't seen you around

I check foxtrotalpha everyday when I get home too

I've tried finding you in the squadron but I usually just hang around in the training office

I was waiting for you to show up

All Hail the Mighty Katana!

Yes, us yougins who never got to fly -37s or -44s or anything besides a -6 or -1

That is Travis, and it's one of the two KC-10 bases, so it makes sense that a lot of them are there

The new engines are pretty quiet, we don't screech like a pterodactyl anymore, but I always know when one of the jets that hasn't been upgraded is around by that noise

I love my crew chiefs and maintainers, I can't get anywhere without them!

We still get them, just rarely

C-5M pilot here. It's an awesome jet and flies great. And with the M upgrades it feels like the T-1 trainer aircraft we fly in UPT, especially in the landing and takeoff phase. As for the maintenance issues, it's my opinion that, as you stated, there are very few of them, so there are very few maintenance capable…

C-5M Pilot here, it's an awesome jet. The upgrades make it takeoff and land, at least in feeling, to the T-1 trainer aircraft that we all fly before getting heavies. I think our reliability rates are low because, as you said, there are very few of them out there, and so very few maintenance capable bases that also…

Nope, electric defrost, the central pane of the glass keeps it all ice free. I flew the day after this snow and had a guy with a squeegee on a long pole clean the windshield

Days when it's cold and a good PA, an MTO takeoff carrying just a local fuel load, 1500 feet. Did a MCL takeoff the day after this snow and was off in about 2500

Days when it's cold and a good PA, an MTO takeoff carrying just a local fuel load, 1500 feet. Did a MCL takeoff the day after this snow and was off in about 2500

Days when it's cold and a good PA, an MTO takeoff carrying just a local fuel load, 1500 feet. Did a MCL takeoff the day after this snow and was off in about 2500