C141

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The C-141 Starlifter was a military strategic cargo plane used by the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), then the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and lastly the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the United States Air Force (USAF). It also served in airlift and air mobility wings of the Air Force Reserve (AFRES), later renamed the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), the Air National Guard (ANG), and one air mobility wing of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) dedicated to C-141, C-5, C-17, and KC-135 training. Production deliveries of a total 285 aircraft began in 1965: 284 for the USAF, with one going to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for use as an airborne observatory. The plane remained in service for more than 40 years until the last C-141s were withdrawn from service by the USAF in 2006 after being replaced by the C-17 Globemaster III.