Aircraft landing gear is categorized as fixed or retractable, with conventional (tailwheel) and tricycle configurations. Fixed gear may include fairings for improved aerodynamics, while retractable ...

Although prepared through rigorous training for the worst, the last call an air traffic controller wants to get is an aircraft in distress. On July 17, a C-5 Galaxy aircrew en route to ...

The Air Force said no one was injured Wednesday afternoon when front landing gear retracted on a KC-135 Stratotanker parked at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. “Aircrew had disembarked prior to the ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Goodrich Corp. said Monday the U.S. Air Force awarded the company a contract worth up to $16 million for manufacturing spare landing gear axle beams for C-5 aircraft.