How a crew flying the Air Force's biggest plane landed safely after amid aircraft warnings and a medical emergency
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- The crew of a US Air Force C-5M Super Galaxy overcame aircraft indicator warnings and an inflight medical emergency to land safely during an unscheduled flight to Dover Air Force Base.
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Dover Air Force Base, Delaware — A C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew consisting of 9th Airlift Squadron and 436th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron personnel started on a mission January 13, 2020, only to return to Dover 15 days later after encountering numerous challenges and an inflight medical emergency along the way.
The 12-strong REACH 190 aircrew consisted of the following members of the 9th AS: aircraft commander Capt. Geoffrey Howard and pilots 1st Lts. Douglas Gifford and Eli Parsch; flight engineers Tech. Sgt. Alexander Barnes and Staff Sgt. Emily O'Neil; loadmasters Master Sgt. Joshua Cutrer, Staff Sgt. Jesse Garza, Senior Airman Bret Noble, Airman 1st Class Joshua Johnson, Patrick Jones and Tylre Labreck. Staff Sgt. Teagan Young from the 436th AMXS was their flying crew chief.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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