On this day in aviation history, 62 years ago (December 17, 1963), the first flight of the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter took place. The C-141 was a strategic airlifter flown by the United States Air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The C-141 Starlifter was known as the "workhorse" of the US Air Force for over 40 years. The planes transported troops and cargo ...

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Air Force retired the last Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) C-141 StarLifter airlifter to the National ...

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 ...

On display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio are many notable aircraft including Air Force VC-137C SAM 26000 “Air Force One,” which brought President John F. Kennedy’s body ...

MEMPHIS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Military engineers were in Tennessee on Sunday to try to determine why the wing of a U.S. Air Force C-141 Starlifter collapsed during refueling for a trip to Germany. The ...

(Marietta, GA-AP) May 24, 2006 - The C-141 Starlifter transport plane designed and produced by Lockheed-Martin's Marietta plant has been retired after a distinguished 43-year career. The cargo plane's ...

Recently, I was introduced to the Museum of Aviation’s C-141C. Learning the history of this plane gave me a whole new appreciation for the word “workhorse.” The C-141 aircraft was a cargo and troop ...

PALMDALE – The U.S. Air Force has retired its last Lockheed Martin StarLifter cargo plane to the Air Force’s national museum. A frequent sight into the 1990s over the Antelope Valley, where pilots ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The C-141 Starlifter was known as the "workhorse" of the US Air Force. From the Vietnam War through ...