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Military transport aircraft
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A military transport aircraft is a type of aircraft used in military operations.
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They are used to transport things for the military; For example tanks, helicopters and other aircraft and vehicles.
Examples of aircraft (in use as of the 2020s)
- Antonov An-124, airplane, payload: 150 tons, first flight in 1982
- Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, payload c. 129 tons, jet airplane, first flight in 1968
- C-17 Globemaster III, payload c. 77 tons
- Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng, payload 66 tons, first flight in 2013; They are made in Shaanxi province.
- Airbus A400M Atlas, airplane with propellers; There are two propellers on each wing; One pair of propellers rotate in opposite directions. It has engines called turboprop; Those are turbine engines.[1] The militaries in Germany, France, UK, Spain are the biggest users of this kind of airplane. Germany has 37, Spain has 13 (as of 2022).
- Lockheed C-130 Hercules, airplane with propellers, first flight in 1954
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