The Air Force has grounded all 18 of its C-5 Galaxy cargo planes at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, after a second incident in which the giant plane’s nose gear malfunctioned.
The stand-down of C-5 flying operations was ordered by Gen. Carlton Everhart, Air Mobility Command commander.
The order affects only the 18 C-5s based at Dover, not the entire 56-strong C-5 fleet.
All the C-5s at Dover will be inspected to ensure the proper extension and retraction of the C-5 nose landing gear, an Air Mobility Command statement said.
The Air Force provided no details about the nature the malfunction of the nose landing gear except to say it was the second failure in the past 60 days.
“During the C-5 stand-down at Dover, AMC will work to ensure worldwide mission requirements are minimally impacted,” the statement said.
“We are taking the appropriate measures to properly diagnose the issue and implement a solution,” said Everhart in the statement.
