The military consistently has some of the finest gadgets known to mankind, and that definitely counts when we’re talking about their vehicles. Those commercial passenger planes that you take from Detroit to LA are about to seem incredibly small after you see just how big these military planes can get.
From double-decker layouts to wingspans longer than football fields to six-engine rigs — it’s amazing that some of these aircraft can even get off the ground in the first place. When a plane is taller than a five-story building, it’s no longer a plane, it’s a spectacle. Here are the biggest military aircraft to ever hit the skies.
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
Antonov An-124
HK-1
Blohm & Voss BV 238
Antonov AN-225 Mriya
Ilyushin Il-76
Convair B-36 Peacemaker
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Kawanishi H8K
Convair XC-99
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules
Martin JRM Mars
Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker
Caspian Sea Monster
Xian H-6 Bomber
Boeing E-3 Sentry
NASA Super Guppy
Junkers JU-390
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