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If you hang around NAS Coronado (NASNI) in San Diego, you are likely to see one of countless Volga-Dnepr An-124 charter flights, loading ICBMs to and from strategic military bases across the U.S. One base facilities manager explained to me that C-5s are "less reliable and more expensive" to operate than the An-124, so they quit calling the USAF years ago.To me, this makes as much sense as having American astronauts fly to the ISS in Soyuz capsules. Oh, wait -- never mind.Will the C-5M replacement be from Antonov, Airbus, or perhaps even made-in-China?
If you hang around NAS Coronado (NASNI) in San Diego, you are likely to see one of countless Volga-Dnepr An-124 charter flights, loading ICBMs to and from strategic military bases across the U.S. One base facilities manager explained to me that C-5s are "less reliable and more expensive" to operate than the An-124, so they quit calling the USAF years ago.
To me, this makes as much sense as having American astronauts fly to the ISS in Soyuz capsules. Oh, wait -- never mind.
Will the C-5M replacement be from Antonov, Airbus, or perhaps even made-in-China?
