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

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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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Kalinin K-7

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Airbus Beluga

Kawasaki XC-2

TU-154 Special Missions Aircraft

Linke-Hofmann R.II

Antonov An-22

Boeing B-29 Superfortress

Douglas XB-19

Tupolev Tu-160

Messerschmitt ME 323

Antonov An-12

Airbus A400M Atlas

The Scaled Composites Stratolaunch

Airbus A380-800

HAV Airlander 10

Mil Mi-26

Aeroflot Mil V-12

Myasishchev VM-T

XB-70 Valkyrie

Hughes XH-17
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