美国空军一架 C-5B“银河”战略运输机在阿富汗坎大哈机场装载“大黄蜂”战斗机。（A C-5 Galaxy sits at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 18, 2011. The C-5 is one of the largest aircraft in the world and the largest airlifter in the Air Force inventory.）

2014年6月5日，马来西亚槟城，美国空军第439空运联队的 C-5B“银河”战略运输机抵达北海空军基地，为“飓风对抗-2014”空战演习运送人员和设备，该演习是美国空军和马来西亚空军联合举办的对抗空战演习，每两年举行一次，本年度演习于6月6日开始至20日结束。（A U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy from the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., lands at Royal Malaysian Air Force P.U. Butterworth, Malaysia, to deliver personnel and equipment participating in Cope Taufan 14, June 5, 2014. Cope Taufan is a biannual large force employment exercise taking place June 9 to 20 designed to improve U.S. and Malaysian combined readiness.）

2012年6月13日，美国佐治亚州，第十三架 C-5B“银河”战略运输机到达洛克希德·马丁公司玛丽埃塔工厂进行现代化升级。升级包含70项改进，包括全新的低油耗发动机。这架飞机来自加利福尼亚州特拉维斯空军基地，升级完成之后将交付给特拉华州多佛空军基地。（MARIETTA, Ga., June 14, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] inducted the second C-5B Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., to become a C-5M Super Galaxy into its facilities here yesterday. Aircraft 87-0036 has been assigned to Travis Air Force Base since 1994, but will be delivered to Dover Air Force Base, Del. in 2013 after modernization.This is the 13th aircraft to enter the Reliability Enhancement and Re-Engining Program production line. Throughout its career, this aircraft has supported the warfighter’s operations across the globe. It has delivered cargo in locations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Italy, Germany, Greece, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, South Korea, Spain and Turkey. Tail number 87-0036 has accumulated nearly 22,000 flight hours and more than 4,500 full-stop landings.）