Commercialjet airliners are designed rather similarly to one another. A circular or semi-circular tube, with a main deck for passenger seating, a lower deck for cargo, and a low wing mounted near the ...
Call it the KC-17. On Dec. 2, a C-17 Globemaster III refueled a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber on the ground for the first time — the latest test of the cargo jet’s versatility. The experiment was a ...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...
The first C-17 Globemaster III Boeing produced took to the air in September 1991 and the United States Air Force had first dibs, purchasing a total of 223 of them. Boeing delivered the first C-17 in ...
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How Many C-17 Globemasters Are Left?
The C-17 Globemaster III is a cornerstone of Western strategic airlift capability today. A total of 279 were produced, including prototypes. Only one has been lost in an accident, leaving around 275 ...
In an exclusive interview at Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam, Col. Luke Spathes and Lt. Col. Reinier Villanueva discuss rapid mobility, integration with F-22s, and the challenges of operating in the ...
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