- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- C-141 Starlifter
- Contributor to Resource:
- Photograph from U.S. Air Force
- Date of Original:
- 1708/2022
- Subject:
- Airplanes--Georgia
StarLifter (Transport planes)
Lockheed aircraft
Transport planes--Georgia
Sun--Rising and setting
Flight - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- The C-141 Starlifter is a versatile jet aircraft known as the "workhorse" of the U.S. Air Force. Initially introduced in 1963 by Lockheed-Georgia, the aircraft has been updated twice since that time and is used for more than thirty types of transport missions.
Image of a C-141B Starlifter aircraft in flight at sunset. Streams of smoke come from the engines. The sunlight casts them in a reddish hue.
In the mid-1960s the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter became the first all-jet cargo plane to deploy in the U.S. Air Force. It quickly became the air force's airlift mainstay. Its wide body can accommodate a variety of missions, including personnel and equipment transport, disaster relief, and cargo supplies. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/c-141-starlifter/deep-freeze/
- Digital Object URL:
- https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C-141_Starlifter_contrail.jpg
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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