Top 7 Best Military Transport Aircraft in U.S Military History

In today’s session, we will take a look at Top 7 Military Transport Planes in the U.S Military History. If you are curious on what they are, stayed tunned and don’t go anywhere! The following is the list of the top seven transport planes that have served the U.S Air Force over the years:

00:00 Intro
00:21 C-47 Skytrain
01:25 C-119 Flying Boxcar
02:50 C-124 Globemaster II
03:50 C-130 Hercules
05:28 C-141 Starlifter
06:31 C-5 Galaxy
07:41 C-17 Globemaster III

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[Forrrest]

I worked on all but two. But I also did work on the C-46, C-54, C-118, and the C-133. As a useless side note, I worked and flew on the C-54 that was Pres. Truman's plane. Damn I'm old.

[bionicsjw]

My dad was a C-47 Crew chief in Burma during WWII. He dropped supplies to Merrill's Marauders.

[thomassalois]

When the very last plane goes to the Boneyard it'll be a C-130 that brings the last crew back to their home base

[Lee-rqek]

My father, initially a P47 pilot during WWII, flew the C-47 for many years into the late1950s. he went onto fly the C-54 and some B-25 between WWII and the Korean War.

[edmccall]

I watched a C-130 land on a small, narrow runway in the Philippines. The parking ramp was at the middle of the single runway. There was no taxiway. When the plane landed, it passed the parking ramp by a few yards, and then it stopped. The rear ramp was lowered until it was parallel to the ground, the crew chief walked to the end of the ramp acted as a spotter for the pilot who reversed the engines, backed the aircraft back to the parking ramp, and essentially parallel parked it. Amazing!

[phillipnagle]

At least honorable mention to the C-46, our other WW II transport aircraft which gained fame flying the "hump" to China.

[josephstevens]

A friend of mine served on AC-119 gunships during the Vietnam War... he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for that duty.

In my years in the military (Air Force), I spent many, many hours flying in the back of C-130's, KC-135's, C-141's, and C-17's were my favorite. That was one smooth ride!

[steveparsons]

I crewed or flew in 3 of the antiques. The Marine version of the C47 was the C117. The one I crewed went into service in 1944, 4 years before I was born. I hope it’s still out there hauling cargo.

[RBond-vvrf]

I was in the Army airborne from 1968 to 1983 the C119 was the first plane I jumped from at Ft Benning all those long years ago seeing a picture of one sure dredged up some old memories

[garyhosford]

Radio op C-47 and C-54, then a pilot C-124 and C-141. Loved the USAF!

[danzervos]

They built 3000 C-46's. Maybe that should have been included.

[johnjohnston]

Thanks for the video. My father piloted the 119, 124, and 141 for the USAF reserve. Always thought these aircraft were impressive.

[crcf]

Worked on 141's at Charleston AFB from 77 to 80 as a Crew Chief. One of the best times of my life! Great way to grow up as a young guy.

[blaineadams]

Finally. I've been putting in comments in several different channels to get the AC 119 featured. My Aunt was part of the squadron before they were sent to Vietnam. Was invited to the induction at Wright Pat and enjoyed meeting the guys who flew it.

[mrgold]

Retired Army here. Got rides from the Air Force to 13 different countries in my day. Got time in C-130, C-141, and C-5. Surprisingly, never flew in a C-17. Also spent time in MH-6, UH-1, OH-58 and UH-60 choppers. After retiring, I spent some time fighting fires with a Skycrane from Erickson. Ah, the good 'ole days. Retirement sucks!

[kevair]

what about the C-46 had biger motors than the DC-3 fly higher and hold more, and was used to fly the hump in ww2, the DC-3 could not

[s]

I was in the Navy, aircrew on P-3s, in Rota, Spain. We had a 2 mile long runway. C_5s would take off and use most of the runway. Was funny as the runway has a hump in the middle, they would go over the hump and start to disappear, then start lifting off. You could really see the wings bend as they gained lift. Flew once on a C_141 from Naples (was supposed to go to Rota)and the hatch behind the cockpit blew out at 19, 000 feet, total decompression, full load of passengers, emergency descent, lots of fun!

[bobklahn]

The C-17 was after I left the AF.
I never worked on a C-47 that I recall, but my first flight was on a DC-3 the civilian version.
I never worked on a C-5, but I was aboard one when they were training the crews. We had one come into Hickam AFB. I went to look at it, and they had a guard at the ladder, you did not get to go aboard unless you had business aboard. The guard asked me what shop I was from, and I told him "Comm Shop". Ok, it was a different comm shop, but the bird had a tech from the other comm shop working on it, and the guard just assumed I was there to help.

I thought I had been on some big planes before, but this one had two full sized school buses and some smaller vehicles on it, and seating for passengers on an upper deck. They told me they could lift out something like 500 people, but they would have to sit on the cargo floor, and they would all sit down at the same time on command.

I worked on 1 C-117, a whole lotta C-124s and C-130s. They called it the Shakey, but to those of us on the ground, the most prominent feature was the sound of the brakes. Sounded like a wounded elephant while taxiing.

Then again, worked on anything that showed up and needed work.

[johnjohnston]

Thanks for the video. My father piloted the 119, 124, and 141 in the USAF reserve out of Northern California. Impressive planes.

[garyw]

MY dad flew C-47's in WWII, C-54's on the Berlin Airlift, and C-133's from Dover AFB. The C-133's started the rear loading concept.