east. earlier the mayor said they thwarted and russian air assault in an air base about an hour from here. some 60 russian paratroopers coming out of three helicopters. not sure how many were killed casualty figures are unknown. the ukrainian forces say it shows the russian strategy, martha. the russian forces have been looking at taking throughout the country. earlier tight spoke with a young man who spoke with me some cell phone video and assess family since his grandmother had filled another air assault and an airbase to the southwest in ukraine. something i had not heard previously reported i don t think anybody had purchased shows the russians early for airbases so they can bring in more people are transport planes. now, there are unconfirmed reports that ukrainian forces have shut down to russian transport planes. these are an enormous transport planes about the sights of the u.s. air force c-5 galaxy or some of the c-17 s we saw evacuating afghans.
Generally speaking, photos of aircraft in action show these machines from underneath. The simple explanation for this is that most of the time the one taking the photo is on the ground, while the aircraft in its natural element. But, from time to time, we do get to see what hides on top, and in some cases the view is just as impressive as the one from below.
I know, comparing one of the largest airplanes in existence with a flying whale might seem pretty dumb, but do remember Airbus once made a super transporter called exactly that, Beluga, because it looks exactly like the whale. And you also have to take into account that little thing called pareidolia - that would be the brain’s tendency to form familiar images and patterns where there are none.
The U.S. Air Force has plenty of massive airplanes to use to advance its goals, but none are as impressive as the C-5M Super Galaxy. The Lockheed Martin behemoth is described as the largest strategic airlifter in the fleet, being capable of hauling, in a single outing, six Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles (MRAPs) or up to five helicopters. Yes, five helicopters inside a plane…