The Pentagon signaled earlier this week that Air Force C-17s could be used to fly deportation flights. That's happening now.
The Globemaster III was designed to be able to land on runways as short as 3,500 feet and as narrow as 90 feet. With engine thrust reversers, the C-17 can back up and turn around on very small ...
Next up, we have one of two Air Force C-17 Globemaster images. Both shots come from humanitarian aid drops over the skies of war-torn Iraq. The two C-17s dropped over 7,500 gallons of drinking water.
Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These Air Force pilots are refueling their C-17 Globemaster III at 26,000 feet in the air. Narrator: The pilots rendezvous with a KC-10 refueler ...
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 Globemaster III with microvanes successfully installed waits on the flight line at Stewart Air National Guard Base. (Image credit: USAF/Staff Sgt. Thaxton) Six aircraft have been currently ...
The US military's C-17 Globemaster aircraft, in which they were packed off for home, landed in Amritsar yesterday with 104 deportees - all Indians. The C-17 aircraft runs an extremely high cost ...