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$64.2M to Convert Martinsburg for Giant C-5 Aircraft

UH-60L Blackhawk helicopte
C-5 Refuelling with KC-135

C-5 Refuels from KC-135
Note KC-135 = 707 airliner!
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Clark Construction Group L.L.C. in Bethesda, MD won a $64.2 million firm-fixed-price contract for an Airlift Wing Base Conversion from C-130 Hercules to C-5 Galaxy Aircraft. Work will be performed in Martinsburg, WV and is expected to be complete by Aug. 19, 2007. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the World Wide Web on March 11, 2005, and four bids were received. The U.S. Property and Fiscal Office in Buckhannon, WV issued the contract (W912L8-05-C-0005).