The US Air Force (USAF) has completed what the service describes as the largest ever launch of Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport jets from single location. Air Mobility Command (AMC), the ...

Reach 4574, a C-17 Globemaster III, flew direct from Kirtland AFB, home to the AFMC Nuclear Weapons Centre, to RAF Lakenheath ...

The C-17 Globemaster III is described by the U.S. Air Force as “the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force.” America’s military is so in love with the plane that over 200 of ...

The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is the second largest strategic military transport in the United States Air Force after the Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy. While the C-5 Galaxy (the base ...

With little advance notice, the 437th Airlift Wing directed its airmen to get 24 C-17s - 15% of the USAF fleet - in the air for a two-day maximum effort exercise early this month. The reality of ...

The implementation of microvanes is set to significantly bolster operational capabilities across the Department of the Air Force and enhance the effectiveness of the USAF C-17 fleet.

The U.S. Air Force has opened a two-week-long market survey looking for companies that can deliver aft-body aerodynamic devices that can lower fuel consumption of the C-17 by at least 1% in cruise ...

A C-17 Globemaster III operated by the C-17 West Coast Demonstration Team based at McChord AFB in Tacoma, Washington, was among the stellar airplanes on hand at EAA’s AirVenture airshow in ...

A C-17 transported the killer whale star of the Free Willy movie. That’s pretty cool, but doesn’t even scratch the surface of what makes this giant plane so badass.

Two C-17 Globemasters IIIs, one deployed with the USAF and the other with the RAAF are seen here flying formation over Hawaii earlier in May ...

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

The C-17 Globemaster took off from Peterson AFB (which is near the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO) with the women’s team aboard on Sunday December 18. It landed at Stillwater Regional ...