Lockheed C-141 Starlifter facts for kids

Lockheed C-141 Starlifter in flight.

The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a military US transport aircraft. It was used by US Air Force between 1965 and 2006. It flew for the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. It was only used in the United States. A total of 285 were built.

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Early C-141As of 436th Airlift Wing, MAC, at Brisbane Airport, Australia, supporting the visit of President Lyndon B. Johnson, 22 October 1966.
The Apollo 11 Mobile Quarantine Facility is unloaded from a C-141 at Ellington Air Force Base, 27 July 1969.
A C-141 in flight, circa 1984
A C-141 participating in Operation Deep Freeze, October 1997
Hanoi Taxi flying over the National Museum of the United States Air Force in December 2005.
Cockpit of early C-141 on display at McChord AFB
A lengthened C-141B in front of a C-141A
Upgraded glass cockpit of the C-141C variant
A C-141 Starlifter leaves a vapor trail over Antarctica
A MAC C-141 transports the remains of the crew from Space Shuttle Challenger's doomed last mission to Dover AFB, Delaware.