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C-5M carries critical cargo

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  • By 436th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Dover Air Force Base, Del. --  A C-5M Super Galaxy delivered a UH-64 Black Hawk helicopter and other supplies during a mission to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan Feb. 2, 2013. The C-5M Super Galaxy's improvements over the C-5B Galaxy include a 22 percent increase in thrust, a 30 percent shorter takeoff roll, a 58 percent faster climb rate and allows significantly more cargo to be carried over long distances.