Military transport aircraft

A military transport aircraft is a type of aircraft used in military operations.

A C-54 Skymaster landing (c. 1948) during the Berlin Blockade (during the Cold War). (The source of the picture is United States Air Force Historical Research Agency.)

Those can transport things for the military. Some transport airplanes can carry tanks, helicopters and other aircraft and vehicles.

It is called that because of its ability to transport military equipment and other military things such as military vehicles and military aircraft.

Examples of aircraft (in use as of the 2020s)

• Antonov An-124, airplane, payload: 150 tons, first flight in 1982
• Galaxy, payload c. 129 ton, jet airplane, first flight in 1968
• C-17 Globemaster III, payload (c. 77 t or) 77.5 t
• Xi'an Y-20 Kunpeng, payload 66 t, first flight in 2013; They are made in Shaanxi province.

• Atlas, airplane; 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).
• Hercules, airplane with propellers, first flight in 1954

Other information

It is called that because of its ability to transport military equipment and other military things such as military vehicles and military aircraft to places to place in a country or continent and other areas where the military is involved in a war with other nations 🇺🇸

Military transport aircraft are not used in antaltarca because of reasons for unknown

They are unique aircraft that are used in the military

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  The Sikorsky CH-53K, a helicopter carrying a load