Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing ...

The Air Force's (IAF) C-17 Globemaster aircraft successfully landed on the Kargil airstrip on Wednesday for the first time, according to sources. The trial landing marks a significant achievement ...

In all, the service accepted a 7,943% markup, or more than 80 times the commercially available cost, on the soap dispensers for its C-17 Globemaster II aircraft, resulting in the hefty overpayment.

An image from the Defense Department Inspector General's audit shows a C-17 Globemaster III soap dispenser, left, and a similar commercial dispenser. The Air Force overpaid by more than 80 times ...

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.

Aircraft debris lies on Colony Glacier, a C-124 Globemaster debris field in Alaska, June 17, 2025. Operation Colony Glacier ...

The Air Force overpaid for soap dispensers used in the bathrooms of C-17 military aircraft by 7,943% — or more than 80 times the price of similar commercially available dispensers — according ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B.

Boeing overcharged the Air Force for simple spare parts on C-17 aircrafts by $1 million from a period of 2018 to 2022, according to Pentagon Inspector General Robert Storch.

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Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagon's inspector general.