Operation Babylift
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Operation Babylift was a mass evacuation of children from South Vietnam to the United States and other Western countries at end of the Vietnam War, in April 1975. Over 3,300 infants and children were
A Babylift flight arrives at San Francisco, 5 April 1975
A pair of well-worn baby shoes worn by an orphan evacuated from Vietnam during Operation Babylift
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Forc
Operation Babylift
…announced that the U.S. government would begin airlifting orphans out of Saigon. The airlift would be carried out on a series of 30 planned flights aboard C-5A and C-141 cargo aircraft operated by the 62nd Airlift Wing, under the command of Major Gen. Edward J. Nash of Military Airlift Command (MAC). The…
A United States Air Force C-5 in flight
One of the first C-5A models is given a final inspection before testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.
The fourth C-5A Galaxy 66-8306 in the 1980s European One color scheme
C-5A Minuteman Air Mobile ICBM Feasibility Demonstration – 24 October 1974 (video)