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 ...

Before the days of modern heavy-lift aircraft, the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter revolutionized military air transport. Fast, powerful, and dependable, this jet carried troops, cargo, and hope across ...

A bench dedicated to the people that flew, built and maintained the C-141 Starlifter was unveiled at the Aviation History and Technology Center in Marietta Saturday.

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 ...

ADDITIONAL C-141 STARLIFTER BACKGROUND AND HISTORY A total of 285 C-141 aircraft were built at Lockheed Martin's Marietta, Ga. facility, from 1963 to 1968. Peak year for production was 1967, when ...

It was put together using the same Starlifter plane Lockheed had used to demo a civilian version of the C-141 that was never made. At its core, the plane was your basic Starlifter.

Now we were bringing them home, crossing the Atlantic together, as sailors and airmen, in the C-141 Starlifter, the Freedom Bird. We would work through the night on our westward night passage.

The collision sent the fighter aircraft crashing to the ground and into a C-141 Starlifter parked on Pope’s north-south parking ramp, also known as “Green Ramp.” ...