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The increasing frequency and rising scale of out-of-area operations is forcing the minor Nato countries to reassess their air assets in terms of both strategic airlift and in-theatre distribution capacity, the latter referring to both fixed-and rotary-wing aircraft. Leading nations in various regions will doubtless follow suit.
The largest aircraft in the US Air Force's Airlift Mobility Command (AMC) inventory is the 380-tonne Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy, the fleet consisting of 50 C-5B/Cs and 76 older C-5As. The service is expected to upgrade 112 of these aircraft through the Avionics Modernisation Program (AMP), which includes compatibility with the new Global Air Traffic Management system. The AMP is a precursor to an extensive Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (Rerp), under which probably only the C-5B/Cs will have their General Electric TF39 engines replaced by the same company's CF6-80C2s. The first aircraft with the AMP upgrade flew...See the full content of this document
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