The aircraft that replaced the strategic airlift plane was the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, a plane designed not only to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter but also to perform some of the tasks ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Among the many acclaimed Boeing aircraft cut from factory lines is the C-17 Globemaster III. Although the C-17 Globemaster ...

supplementing the existing use of C-130J aircraft, and boosting India's military logistics against China and Pakistan. C-17 aircraft lands at Kargil in a major boost to strategic airlift ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told U.S. President Donald Trump that Japan wants to buy U.S.-made C-17 military transport aircraft, government sources said, which was music to the president’s ears.