+Brian Pollick Yes sir, they did. Westover, ARB, in Chicopee MA, bases 18 C-5a,b, and soon to be M's I lived with those TF-39, for more than 30 years. Now they sound like a commercial 747.
MAGNIFICENT! I've got parts I machined on that C-5B when I worked at
Lockheed Ga. producing them after we threw Jimmy Carter out of office and
Reagan resurrected the US armed forces, as well as replaced our testicles.
This is such a great machine. Pity Obama is scrapping the 70+ C-5As as he
takes them out of service prematurely, when they were planned to get new
wings and engines. The C-17 line is also being closed before an extra 70
can be produced to replace these. I've got some parts in those doors and
bays that I machined on verticle and horizontal mills in cost section 04,
84-88. Proud to have done so. What video.
As someone who worked in the C-5 MSG-3 Inspection docks in Dover Delaware from 2007-2013... Those A's were long overdue for being taken out of service. Their MiCap was absolutely horrid and I would like to see a source on planning to give them new wings and engines because it's the first I've ever heard of it. Unless you mean the C-5M project which is well underway. All C-5Bs that are currently in service are to be converted to C-5Ms which gives them all new electrical, avionics and engines, but not wings.
pepper669, I'm familiar with that, but so what? The Iran contra deal was to get money to the Contras that were being directly helped by the Soviets. In hindsight, it didn't seem to be such a bad idea since we wound up having to run Iraq out of Kuwait a few yrs later, but thanks for the links. Interesting stuff.
@saburu sakai: Did you know the Iranians helped the U.S. republicans to «throw Carter out of office»? Course not.//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Surprise_conspiracy_theoryI think it's a bit more than a conspiracy therory, if you take a closer look at the Iran-Contra affair.