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Everything To Know About Boeing's C-17 Globemaster III
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. Boeing delivered the first C-17 ...
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Why Does The C-17 Globemaster Have A T-Tail?
The C-17 Globemaster is designed for strategic military transport with greater stability for heavy oversized cargo. The T-tail design provides advantages like consistent elevator response ...
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What it takes to fly the $340 million C-17 Globemaster III
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 ...
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Tiny vanes glued to planes promise big savings for US Air Force
Literally gluing a few microvanes to the rear fuselage of a C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane can result in fuel savings in the tens of millions of dollars. Introduced in 1995 as a replacement for ...
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Nagpur man among 104 Indians deported from US, says he was shackled and handcuffed
A C-17 Globemaster aircraft of the US military carrying these 104 illegal immigrants landed at Amritsar airport on Wednesday ...
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Impeccable landing of a RAF Globemaster C-17 in St Helena airport
The RAF ZZ177 Globemaster C-17 and its crew after landing at St Helena airport, once considered the “world's most useless ”airport As part of a Royal Air Force capability demonstration, the ...