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The General Electric TF39 was the first high-bypass turbofan engine. Very fuel efficient, turbofan engines are useful for military and civilian transport aircraft where high speed is not a priority. General Electric developed the TF39 in the mid-1960s to power the Lockheed Martin C-5 Galaxy. Beginning in 2006, the U.S. Air Force initiated the Reliability Enhancement and Re-engining Program (RERP) to replace the TF39 with the more powerful General Electric F138 turbofan engine. This upgrade will

Travel with sanjib on Instagram: "“Meet the engine that changed heavy-lift aviation forever — the General Electric TF39, the world’s first high-bypass turbofan. 🛫 Powering the massive C-5 Galaxy, it laid the foundation for modern airliners.” Developed in the 1960s for the U.S. Air Force C-5 Galaxy, the TF39 was revolutionary. With a thrust of ~43,000 lbf per engine, a fan diameter of 97 inches (2.46 m), and a bypass ratio of ~8:1, it offered 25% better fuel efficiency than the turbojets