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

There's no denying that the C-17 Globemaster III is a large plane. It has a diameter of 22.5 feet, is 174-feet long, and has a wingspan of 169.8-feet from winglet tip to winglet tip with an area ...

T he 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 ...

U.S. Air Force senior enlisted leaders board a C-17 Globemaster III on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for SEL Mission Command Training, Oct. 22, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st ...

A C-17 Globemaster III prepares to land at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on May 19, 2024. A Defense Department Inspector General's audit found that the Air Force paid more than 80 times the market ...

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

United States Air Force. ... For the past decade a team has been searching for 52 servicemen lost when their C-124 Globemaster crashed in Alaska, their remains hidden in ice since 1952, ...

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.

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.

The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on potential industry sources with experience and capabilities to meet the requirements of the second iteration of the C-17 Aircraft Globemaster ...

The U.S. Air Force Material Command (AFMC) will have a big presence at EAA AirVenture in late July. Five aircraft from AFMC will be on static display on Boeing Plaza, led by the B-52 Bomber and C ...

Oct 29: CBS News 24/7, 1pm ET 44:29. 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 ...