WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Air Force retired the last Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) C-141 StarLifter airlifter to the National ...
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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

It has been called the most massive and ambitious airlift operation in human history. During the Gulf War in 1991, a sky-darkening fleet of gigantic cargo aircraft of the 437th Military Airlift Wing ...
On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio are many notable aircraft including Air Force VC-137C SAM 26000 “Air Force One,” which brought President John F. Kennedy’s body ...
The last two C-141 Starlifter transports in the U.S. Air Force inventory were retired last week from the 305th Air Mobility Wing at McGuire AFB, N.J. The Lockheed-built aircraft entered service in ...
Editor’s note: The author served in the Air Force from 1972-1978 as a Military Airlift Command pilot (Now Air Mobility Command) flying the four-engine C-141 Starlifter. He wrote this story in 1994 for ...
With unmatched power and range, the C-141 Starlifter redefined military logistics. From massive cargo hauls to life-risking missions, it pushed the limits of what a transport jet could do—and then ...
After graduating from CU, William “Bill” Wardwell (Econ’68) was a pilot in the U.S. Air Force for 23 years, serving in the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm. He writes that he flew the Lockheed C ...
MARIETTA — Ambassador Andrew Young was a special guest Wednesday at Marietta’s Aviation Museum as a group of volunteers gathered to celebrate the completion of the restoration of a long-retired ...
MARIETTA - The Aviation Wing of the Marietta Museum of History is putting the finishing touches on one of its newer exhibits. For about a year, a Lockheed C-141 Starlifter has called the Aviation Wing ...