McChord Field has been home to several military cargo aircraft -- the C-47 Skytrain, the C-82 Packet, the C-124 Globemaster II and the C-141 Starlifter -- going back to World War II.

On Nov. 22, 1952, a C-124 Globemaster II taking off from McChord Field, which had 52 passengers and crewmembers aboard, crashed into Mount Gannett while flying to Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III provides improved airlift capabilities close to ...

This summer is the fourth that U.S. troops and civilians have combed Colony Glacier in Alaska to recover wreckage and identify 52 service members aboard a C-124 Globemaster II that crashed in 1952.

CHICAGO (CBS) – More than 70 years after being killed in a Douglas C-124 Globemaster II military transport aircraft crash, a Chicago service member finally received the sendoff he deserved.

Two more of the 52 service members who were killed in 1952 when a C-124 Globemaster II crashed in Alaska have been identified, the Air Force announced on Thursday.

Boeing Co. has only a single C-17 Globemaster III military transport jet left without a buyer. The company announced a deal this week to sell four of the massive aircraft to Qatar. The Persian ...

As the largest squadron within Air Mobility Command, the Airmen of the 437th Aircraft maintenance Squadron are charged with ensuring the U.S. Air Force’s largest fleet of C-17 Globemaster IIIs ...

The C-124 Globemaster disappeared under an avalanche of rock and snow after flying into a mountain during a winter storm on Nov. 22, 1952.