Barksdale gets a heavy visitor

A crew member on a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., looks out of a hatch on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The C-5M and its crew were stopped at Barksdale due to a maintenance delay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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Barksdale gets a heavy visitor

Master Sgt. Scott Weiss, 709th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, waits for a de-icing vehicle on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The ice on the wings of the C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., was prominent enough to disrupt the air flow had the aircraft taken off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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Senior Master Sgt. Jerome Smolarek, 512th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, checks a C-5M Super Galaxy for any damages, or ice, before taking off at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. When it was time to take off, ice had formed on the wings requiring it to be deiced before the final take off. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell)

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Senior Master Sgt. Jerome Smolarek, 512th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, guides a crew from the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron during the de-icing process of a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The de-icing liquid is a heated solution that is used to not only to melt ice, but work toward preventing more ice from forming. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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A team from the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sprays de-icing liquid on the wing of a C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Del., on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. Once the C-5M was free from all ice it was able to return to Dover. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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A headset sits inside a C-5M Super Galaxy assigned to Dover Air Force Base, Del., prior to take-off at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The C-5M and its crew originally arrived at Barksdale to help support a recent deployment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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Senior Master Sgt. Jerome Smolarek, 512th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, flew with a C-5M Super Galaxy crew from the reserve unit at Dover, Del., that landed at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., January 12, 2018. After landing, the aircraft faced some mechanical difficulties and had to wait for crew chiefs and parts before the plane could be fixed and head back home. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell)

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Senior Master Sgt. Jerome Smolarek, 512th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flying crew chief, secures gear to the wall of a C-5M Super Galaxy before taking off at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., January 12, 2018. The aircraft was at Barksdale to help carry gear to Guam for deployed Airmen. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell)

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A C-5M Super Galaxy crew from the reserve unit at Dover, Del., waits to take off and fly home at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. Originally the crew came to Barksdale to help carry gear to Guam as part of a deployment. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell)

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Staff Sgt. Genelle Bellar and Master Sgt. Leo C. Martin, 709th Airlift Squadron loadmasters, work to calculate the total weight of the C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The total weight of the aircraft is needed to determine the speed in which the aircraft must be at to properly take off. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)

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Barksdale gets a heavy visitor

Published Jan. 18, 2018
By Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick and Airman 1st Class Sydney Campbell
2nd Bomb Wing Public Affairs

BARKSDALE AIR FORCE BASE, La. -- A crew member on a C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Del., looks out of a hatch on the flightline at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Jan. 12, 2018. The C-5M and its crew were stopped at Barksdale due to a maintenance delay. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tessa B. Corrick)