Lockheed C-141 Starlifter

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter in flight.

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a US military transport aircraft. It was used by the US Air Force between 1965 and 2006. It flew missions during the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. It was only used by the United States. A total of 285 were built.

Its purpose was to replace older aircraft such as the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II and Douglas C-133 Cargomaster.^[1]

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Media

Early C-141As of 436th Airlift Wing, MAC, at Brisbane Airport, Australia, supporting the visit of President Lyndon B. Johnson, 22 October 1966.
The Apollo 11 Mobile Quarantine Facility is unloaded from a C-141 at Ellington Air Force Base, 27 July 1969.
A C-141 in flight, c. 1984
A C-141 participating in Operation Deep Freeze, October 1997 (2 Emperor Penguins can be seen standing in the foreground).
A C-141 Starlifter leaves a contrail over Antarctica
Hanoi Taxi flying over the National Museum of the United States Air Force in December 2005.
Cockpit of early C-141 on display at McChord AFB
A lengthened C-141B in front of a C-141A
Upgraded glass cockpit of the C-141C variant
C-141B 65-0257 nicknamed "Spirit of the Inland Empire" on display at March Field Air Museum