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Airlift Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 5 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Airlift, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

5 weapon systems

CH-47 Chinook helicopter, Heavy-lift transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsCH-47 Chinook helicopterHeavy-lift transport helicopterSide: UnknownBuilt: Boeing / United StatesThe Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a U.S. tandem-rotor heavy-lift transport helicopter family used for cargo, troop movement, casualty evacuation, and special operations. Its rear ramp, external sling-load capability, and long-running Army service made it one of the most recognizable utility rotorcraft in U.S. and allied inventories.

MC-130J Commando II, Special operations transport aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsMC-130J Commando IISpecial operations transport aircraftSide: UnknownBuilt: Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe MC-130J Commando II is Lockheed Martin's U.S. special-operations transport and tanker for low-level infiltration, exfiltration, resupply, and air-refueling missions. Air Force sources say it entered service in 2011, uses four Rolls-Royce AE 2100D3 turboprops and six-bladed composite propellers, and is the first aircraft documented to drop the GBU-43/B MOAB.

C-5 Galaxy, Strategic airlifter / transport aircraft family, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsC-5 GalaxyStrategic airlifter / transport aircraft familySide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lockheed Martin / Lockheed-Georgia Co. / United StatesThe Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a U.S. heavy strategic airlifter family built by Lockheed Martin for outsized cargo and personnel transport. The aircraft's nose and aft cargo doors, 28-wheel landing gear, and intercontinental lift capacity made it the U.S. Air Force's largest transport and a standard global airlift platform from the Vietnam era onward.

C-130 Hercules, Tactical airlift transport aircraft, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsC-130 HerculesTactical airlift transport aircraftSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company / United StatesThe Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a U.S. tactical airlift family built by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company for rough-strip operations, oversized cargo, and airdrop missions. The Air Force says the aircraft can carry utility helicopters and six-wheeled armored vehicles, airdrop loads up to 42,000 pounds, and remains in production in C-130J form.

Il-76, Heavy military transport aircraft, Support Equipment

Support EquipmentIl-76Heavy military transport aircraftSide: UkraineRussiaSyrian government and alliesSudanese Armed ForcesBuilt: Ilyushin / Tashkent Aviation Production Association / Aviastar-SP / Soviet Union / Uzbekistan / RussiaThe Il-76 is a Soviet-designed heavy transport aircraft known by NATO as Candid, built for cargo, troop movement, and rough-field operations. First flown in 1971 and still in service through modernized variants, it appears in wartime transport, airlift, and resupply roles across Ukraine, Syria, and Sudan.