A C-5A from the 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas makes its final approach, July 9, 2014 to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's storage and maintenance facility located on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. This C-5A, tail number 90016, is one of 23 aircraft that the Alamo Wing had in its inventory that are slowly being phased out to make way for the newer upgraded version of the aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy. (Courtesy Photo/Bill Sobeck)

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Mammoth C-5A makes final flight

On its final voyage, a C-5A Galaxy aircraft, tail number, 90016 is being towed to its final resting place on the grounds of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's storage and maintenance facility, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The 433rd Airlift Wing's C-5A Galaxies are making way for the newer upgraded version of the aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy. (Courtesy Photo/Bill Sobeck)

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A C-5A from the 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas makes its final approach, July 9, 2014 to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's storage and maintenance facility located on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. This C-5A, tail number 90016, is one of 23 aircraft that the Alamo Wing had in its inventory that are slowly being phased out to make way for the newer upgraded version of the aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy. (Courtesy Photo/Bill Sobeck)

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Mammoth C-5A makes final flight

Published July 14, 2014
By Minnie Jones
433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas -- A C-5A from the 433rd Airlift Wing makes its runway approach, July 9, 2014 to the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group's storage and maintenance facility located on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. This C-5A, tail number, 90016 is one of 16 aircraft that the Alamo Wing has in its inventory that are slowly being phase out to make way for the newer upgraded version of the aircraft, the C-5M Super Galaxy.