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	C-141 Starlifter
		The C-141 Starlifter, workhorse of the Air Mobility command, is seen landing during a Wings of Eagles airshow at Elmira-Corning airport.
	www.ilovenyphotos.com /aviation/c141.html (21 words)

	Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
		The Lockheed C-141B Starlifter fulfills the vast spectrum of airlift requirements through its ability to transport combat forces over long distances, inject those forces and their equipment either by airland or airdrop, resupply employed forces, and extract the sick and wounded from the hostile area to advanced medical facilities.
		Drawing heavily on experience with the smaller C-130 Hercules, the Starlifter featured a fuselage of similar cross-section, a rear ramp and loading assembly with two large clamshell doors that could be opened in flight for airdrops, rear paratroop doors on both sides, and landing gear housed in external fairings.
		Perhaps the Starlifter's finest hour came in the second half of 1990, when the entire fleet was instrumental in transporting much of the equipment for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
	www.theaviationzone.com /factsheets/c141.asp (1707 words)

	C-141 StarLifter
		The StarLifter has logged more than 10 million hours, including a record set in 1981 when a C-141 flew 67,000 pounds of cargo non-stop from New Jersey to Saudi Arabia, refueling three times in flight.
		Since 1965, the C-141 StarLifter has served as the mainstay of U.S. military airlift.
		The renowned StarLifter has seen duty in operational areas from Southeast Asia to South America to the Persian Gulf.
	lockheedmartin.com /wms/findPage.do?dsp=fec&ci=11166&rsbci=13005&fti=0&ti=0&sc=400&jsi=false (268 words)

	C-141 Starlifter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The original Starlifter model, later designated the C-141A, could carry 138 passengers, 80 litters for wounded, or ten standard 463L master pallets with a total of 62,700 pounds (28,900 kg) of cargo.
		The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a military strategic airlifter in service with the United States Air Force.
		Introduced to replace slower piston-engined cargo planes such as the C-124 Globemaster II, the C-141 was designed to a 1960 requirement and first flew in 1963; production deliveries of an eventual 285 began in 1965, 284 for Military Airlift Command, and one for NASA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/C-141_Starlifter (769 words)

	Aircraft Information - C-141 Starlifter
		The C-141 Starlifter was the first pure jet designed for cargo, and it's been a mainstay of U.S. military airlift since 1965.
		In 1983, after the bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, it was a C-141 that evacuated 78 wounded.
		And when an airliner was hijacked in 1985, a C-141 carried the 39 hostages to freedom.
	www.simviation.com /rinfolocc141.htm (218 words)

	C-141 Starlifter
		The C-141 Starlifter was the workhorse of the Air Mobility Command during the Cold War.
		The Starlifter fulfilled the vast spectrum of airlift requirements through its ability to airlift combat forces over long distances, inject those forces and their equipment either by airland or airdrop, re-supply employed forces, and extract the sick and wounded from the hostile area to advanced medical facilities.
		The Starlifter is the workhorse of the Air Mobility Command.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/c-141.htm (406 words)

	The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter & C-5 Galaxy
		Although 63 Starlifters have been upgraded to the "C-141C" standard, with improved avionics, including GPS navigation gear and digital "glass" cockpits, this program was intended to merely obtain incremental life out of the aircraft, rather than keep it in service over the long term.
		However, the Starlifter is in its twilight years with the USAF's Air Mobility Command (AMC), the current incarnation of MATS and MAC, with all C-141s now being withdrawn from first-line Air Force service and expected to be completely out of Reserve and Air National Guard service by 2006.
		The Starlifter incorporated ideas from Lockheed's earlier C-130 Hercules cargolifter, including a high wing; a loading ramp under the high tail; clamshell rear doors that could be opened in flight for airdrops; and main landing gear that retracted into fairings alongside the fuselage to ensure an unobstructed cargo hold.
	www.vectorsite.net /avc5.html (3052 words)

	040913
		The C-141B Starlifter is being retired from the active- duty Air Force inventory on Sept. 16.
		At peak strength, 60 Starlifters were assigned at McGuire of the 284 C-141s in the Air Force inventory.
		During a recent interview, General Handy discussed the retirement of the C-141 from the active duty Air Force and the contributions of both the aircraft and the Airmen who supported it during the past four decades.
	public.amc.af.mil /News/2004/September/040913.html (699 words)

	USAF Retires Last Lockheed Martin C-141 StarLifter; World's First Jet-Powered Airlifter Completes 43-Year Career
		From 2003 until the StarLifter's last combat mission in September 2005, C- 141 crews flew more than 70 percent of the aeromedical evacuation flights from points in the Middle East and Iraq.
		The C- 141A aircraft were capable of carrying either 138 troops or approximately 62,000 pounds of cargo, reducing what had been a 72-hour trip with stops from Travis AFB, Calif., to Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam in a C-124, the C-141's piston-powered predecessor, to 36 hours.
		Counting the Hanoi Taxi, a total of 13 StarLifters are preserved as static displays at bases where the aircraft were formerly stationed or in museums around the country.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-06-2006/0004355824&EDATE= (1573 words)

	The On Guard - June 2004 - Newspaper of the Army and Air National Guard
		The C-141 Starlifter has achieved a seen-it-all, done-it-all reputation during it's 30 plus years of service to the United States.
		In 1973, the Starlifter returned more than 500 American prisoners of war from North Vietnam to the waiting arms of their loved ones.
		The Air National Guard received its first Starlifter in July 1986 at the 172nd Airlift Wing in Jackson Miss.
	www.ngb.army.mil /onguard/33/06/article.asp?aid=1256 (700 words)

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	How to Identify a C-141 StarLifter - eHow.com
		The C-141 StarLifter entered military service 30 years ago as the US Air Force's first all-jet cargo aircraft.
		C-141 StarLifters play a central role in the US military's airlift capability.
		The StarLifter, designed and built by Lockheed-Martin for the US Air Force, is nearly 170 feet long, has a wingspan of 160 feet, and reaches to almost 40 feet at the tip of its vertical stabilizer.
	www.ehow.com /how_7824_identify-c-141.html (336 words)

	Edwards Air Force Base - Edwards C-141 test program ends
		The C-141 Starlifter test program ended recently when the last test aircraft left Edwards for March Air Reserve Base.
		AMC began transferring C-141s to the Reserve and Guard forces in July 1986 anticipating the follow-on core airlifter, the C-17 Globemaster III.
		Designed as the first jet cargo aircraft for AMC's predecessor, Military Airlift Command, to meet military requirements as a troop and cargo carrier, the C-141 matured in the Edwards test family.
	www.edwards.af.mil /archive/1999/9912_C141_test.html (519 words)

	Lockheed's C-141
		While most C-141 flights carried cargo, on occasion the STARLIFTERs were used to transport combat troops and their equipment to the war zone.
		While the C-130 revolutionized airlift, the C-141 STARLIFTER put the "military" in Military Airlift Command.
		Throughout the Vietnam War, a steady stream of C-141s was in the air constantly between MAC bases on both coasts and airfields in Vietnam, with enroute stops in Alaska, Japan, Hawaii, Okinawa, Guam and the Philippines.
	members.aol.com /SamBlu82/c141.html (491 words)

	The AMARC Experience
		It was inevitable that owing to the rapid retirement of so many Lockheed C-141 Starlifters to AMARC it would not be long before the large scale scrapping of the type began.
		It would be a shame for nothing to be left for all the service the C-141 Starlifter has performed for the Air Force over the last 30 years.
		With no airframe life remaining there is no chance of them returning to the USAF active inventory and with so relatively few C-141 left operational there is no requirement for a large number of reclamation aircraft at AMARC.
	www.amarcexperience.com /AMARCArticleC141Disposal.asp (512 words)

	030915
		Helping to put what the support of ALC has done for the Starlifter into perspective, Jim Culpepper, center maintenance director, said 40 million man-hours have been put into the C-141 - the equivalent of rebuilding the entire 284-aircraft fleet four times over.
		The final aircraft, tail number 65-0248, flew to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., one of four Air Force installations where C-141 Starlifters still call home.
		Ending the Starlifter depot maintenance era comes now because the work is scheduled on a five-year rotation, ALC experts said.
	public.amc.af.mil /news/2003/October/031026.htm (917 words)

	C-141 Heaven
		It helps to remember the Starlifter's time was spent with the best people doing their best work for the best country in the world.
		If you flew in the Air Force for any time, on any aircraft (even if it was not a C-141!!), in any capacity, to anywhere in the world, you might have some C-141 pictures in a photo album or shoe-box under the bed just gathering dust and waiting to see the light of day.
		If you have any photographs, slides, or negatives of the 141, in any of its several flavors, and would be willing to contribute them for posting on this site, please let me know.
	www.c141heaven.com (610 words)

	C-141 StarLifter
		The C-141A StarLifter became a familiar sight at airbases in Southeast Asia, hauling men and equipment for the Vietnam War effort.
		Since 1974, StarLifters staging from Christchurch, New Zealand, have maintained a perfect safety record in hauling people, equipment and supplies for Operation Deep Freeze, the resupply of scientific research teams on the Antarctic shelf.
		More importantly, together with the C-5A/B Galaxy (and soon the C-17A), StarLifters have served as a vital tool of US policy for a variety of duties, including returning prisoners of war from Vietnam (1973) and hostages from Tehran (1981).
	www.zianet.com /jpage/airforce/weapons/air/c-141.html (1785 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org Aircraft Museum - C-141 Starlifter Pictures
		ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Air Force temporarily grounded its fleet of C-141s to determine why the wing of a C-141 Starlifter collapsed during refueling for a trip to Germany.
		In the early 90s it had its center wing box replaced due to cracking (as most of the C-141s did) and also underwent conversion from a B to a C model.
		The back third of the fuselage was sent back to Lockheed for corrosion studies of the airframe.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/transport-m/c141/pics02.shtml (552 words)

	Release a new 1/72 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter scale model kit. Petition
		This petition is designed to encourage the scale model industry to release a completely new tooling of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter 1/72 scale.
		The Release a new 1/72 Lockheed C-141 Starlifter scale model kit.
		Please be precise/specific if you choose to add details of versions, colour schemes, etc that you would like to see included in the kit.
	www.petitiononline.com /72C141/petition.html (195 words)

	Aircraft: C-141 (Starlifter)
		The C-141 Starlifter was designed as one of the first military jet transports intended to haul heavy and outsized cargo.
		It served a long career, marked at its end by dwindling reliability.
	www.maclean-nj.com /aircraft/types/c141.htm (46 words)

	Lockheed C-141B Starlifter Pictorial - www.sarimage.com
		The C-141 Starlifter was designed to meet the US Air Force requirement for a turbofan powered strategic military transport for the Military Airlift Command.
		Topside view from the #1 overhead hatch of a Lockheed C-141B Starlifter (immediately aft of the aerial refueling receptacle).
		Two months later the daytime temperature on the ramp will be over 100 F, and it will be time for the annual chemical warfare training...
	www.sarimage.com /Aviation/C141 (948 words)

	C-141 Lifetime Mishap Summary
		The mission and operational environment of the C-141 have not changed significantly since the first airplane was accepted in 1963.
		The Wing at McChord had recently converted to the Starlifter.
		The C-141 has been the backbone of strategic airlift within the US Air Force for over thirty years.
	www.c141heaven.com /mishap_paul_hansen.htm (2097 words)

	C-141B Starlifter
		The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a multipurpose tactical and strategic airlift aircraft.
		The Starlifter is affectionately called a "swept-wing, T-tailed bug-sucker" by those who fly her.
		The Starlifter can be found carrying troops, supplies, hurricane relief, and even the President's Limousines.
	www.homebuilt.org /cmdrdata/c141/c141b.html (1057 words)

	AETC News Service
		The phase out of the C-141 Starlifter in the active Air Force’s fleet also meant the end of training for the airframe at Sheppard.
		That’s the position three Airmen are in as the last three C-141 Starlifter crew chief’s the Air Force will train.
		The Starlifter has the ability to carry 200 troops, 155 paratroops, 103 litters and 14 seats or 68,725 pounds of cargo.
	www.aetc.randolph.af.mil /pa/AETCNS/Jun2005/060905106.htm (681 words)

	Aerospaceweb.org Aircraft Museum - C-141 Starlifter
		The C-141 StarLifter was originally designed to meet a US Air Force requirement for a large troop-carrying aircraft with global range.
		Nearing the end of its service life, the remaining StarLifter fleet is being replaced by the C-17.
		About 68 of these aircraft were later upgraded with glass cockpit displays and designated as the C-141C.
	www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/transport-m/c141 (265 words)

	Air Force Reserve - News: News and Events
		Although the Starlifter’s days are numbered here, the legacy of the C-141 and the men and women who flew it through the years will remain.
		The C-141 odometer stops turning for the Air Force Reserve Command unit April 9 when McChord’s last Starlifter mission is flown to the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona — better known as the Bone Yard.
		The renowned Starlifter, once the mainstay of military airlift, has seen duty in operational areas from Vietnam to Operation Enduring Freedom.
	www.afreserve.com /news.asp?id=269 (945 words)

	Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Book Review by Ken Bowes (Warbird Tech)
		Lockheed C-141 Starlifter Book Review by Ken Bowes (Warbird Tech)
		Not just the C-141A, B and C transport models but also the variety of special mission aircraft such as the NC-141A that towed an F-106 aloft in NASA’s Project Eclipse in 1997/98.
		The C-141 in all its guises is well covered in this book.
	misc.kitreview.com /bookreviews/c141bookreview_1.htm (509 words)

	Operation Deep Freeze Sees End of C-141 Starlifter Era
		Besides the LC-130s, whose skis allow the cargo planes to take off and land on snow and ice, C-17 Globemaster IIIs and C-141 Starlifters have supported the mission by flying passengers and supplies from Support Forces Antarctica headquarters here to McMurdo.
		LC-130s from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing at Scotia, have flown cargo and scientists from McMurdo to remote sites throughout Antarctica such as the South Pole.
		Since August, aircraft moved thousands of passengers and millions of pounds of cargo.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,usaf2_013105.00.html (642 words)

	Welcome to Starlifter Farewell, honoring the service of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
		The sun has now set on the venerable C-141 Starlifter.
		Welcome to Starlifter Farewell, honoring the service of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
		We would like to thank everyone that had a hand in the planning and operation of the events this past weekend.
	www.starlifterfarewell.com (320 words)

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