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The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 is based upon the YC-15, a smaller prototype airlifter designed during the 1970s.
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) operates eight Boeing C-17 Globemaster III large transport aircraft. Four C-17s were ordered in mid-2006 to improve the ability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to operate outside Australia and its region.
Description: U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III from the 517th Airlift Squadron dropping equipment and Airborne Infantry from the 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division during a joint training exercise.
The aircraft was a four-engined C-17 Globemaster III built by Boeing. [2] It belonged to the 3rd Wing (3 WG) and operated jointly with the 176th Wing (176 WG) at Elmendorf AFB, located near downtown Anchorage. [4] The aircraft had USAF serial number "00-0173" and was named Spirit of the Aleutians.
US soldiers have launched high-tech interceptor missiles from inside Israel for the first time ... launching station preparing to load onto a 4th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III at Fort Blis ...
The wing's mission is to provide C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135 Stratotanker and KC-46 Pegasus formal initial and advanced specialty training programs for up to 3,000 flight crew and aircraft maintenance students annually. Altus AFB was established in 1943 as Altus Army Airfield (AAF).
C-17 Globemaster III: Active 15th Airlift Squadron: Charleston AFB: Global Eagles: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 16th Airlift Squadron: Charleston AFB: Lions: C-17 Globemaster III: Active 17th Airlift Squadron: Charleston AFB: AAA Moving: C-17 Globemaster III: Inactive 19th Airlift Squadron: Travis AFB: C-141B Starlifter: Inactive 20th Airlift ...
The 535th operates eight Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The squadron executes airlift and airdrop missions to support United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Transportation Command. The 204th Airlift Squadron of the Hawaii Air National Guard is an associate unit of the 535th, flying the same planes. [3]