The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. The aircraft can perform tactical ...

The aircraft's features include simplified design, short-field performance, resistance to stall conditions, and effective rudder use. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster is a large military transport ...

The US Air Force overpaid for spare parts for a C-17 military transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing, according to a new watchdog report. In one example, an audit found, the service paid more ...

That's C-17 crew chief Staff Sgt. Joshua Estell. He helps oversee the 13 C-17s stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Cargo is loaded through these ramps at the back of the aircraft. Staff Sgt.

The C-17 Globemaster III is a large cargo plane made by Boeing that has been extremely helpful in dealing with many global crises, including Ebola.

At 174 feet long and 55 feet tall, the C-17 can carry a payload of around 170,000 pounds and can land on runways shorter than 3,500 feet with just three crew members manning the aircraft.

India has signed its biggest defence deal with the US to procure ten C-17 heavy-lift aircraft for USD 4.1 billion under which American defence major Boeing will set up test facilities for hi-tech ...

The ability to airdrop supplies using the C-17 versus the ski-equipped LC-130 Hercules, the traditional aircraft used to airland supplies on the ice, allows aircrews to deliver up to four times as ...

The country with the most landing sites in Antarctica is the United States, with 13 in total, four of them operated jointly with New Zealand and one with Chile. To fly to the continent, the United ...

The C-17 Globemaster is a Boeing-built military airlifter that first flew on September 15, 1991. Two hundred seventy-nine aircraft were built between 1991 and 2015, with the overwhelming majority ...

A C-17 tactical transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) executed a precision airdrop of two combat boats along with marine commandos in the Arabian Sea while assisting the Navy to seize a ...