A C-5 Galaxy from the 521st Air Mobility Wing, bound for Turkey, left here today with service members and supplies for the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in support of NATO's Patriot Missile Battery deployment.
U.S. Airmen with the 728th Air Mobility Squadron push pallets containing Patriot missiles off a C-5 Galaxy aircraft Jan. 6, 2013, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Approximately 400 Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment at Fort Sill, Okla., deployed with the missiles to an undisclosed location near the Turkish-Syrian border to augment Turkish air defenses. U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability.
U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment prepare to exit an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2013. U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability.
U.S. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment unload a battery maintenance center off of an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Jan. 5, 2013. U.S. and NATO Patriot missile batteries and personnel deployed to Turkey in support of NATO's commitment to defending Turkey's security during a period of regional instability.
U.S. Soldiers with the 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Sill, Okla., board an Air Force C-5 Galaxy aircraft with the 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard Jan. 4, 2013, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla. The Soldiers were headed to Turkey to deploy two of their unit's Patriot air defense missile batteries along the Turkish-Syrian border. Four Europe-based Patriot batteries were also mobilized after the Turkish government requested assistance from NATO to augment Turkey's air defense capabilities against possible aggression by Syria.
RAF FAIRFORD, United Kingdom - A C-5 Galaxy from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., sits as a static display at the Royal International Air Tattoo July 7. More than 130,000 people attended the tattoo.
BERLIN, Germany -- Ten active-duty and Reserve aircrew flew the aircraft from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to showcase one of the largest aircraft in the world and the Air Force’s largest airlifter June 9.