The Pacific is not a forgiving theater for military logistics. Spanning 52% of the Earth’s surface, covering 38 nations, and hosting 9 of the world’s 10 largest armies, the Indo-Pacific Command’s area ...

Its troop capacity, seating options, and record-breaking Kabul evacuation reveal what this military transport can do.

Air Mobility Command confirms that restarting C-17 production is one of the options in the NGAL Analysis of Alternatives. Congress wants costs and timelines by March 2027. The single successor, if the ...

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. – The 3rd Airlift Squadron spearheaded the testing of a new C-17 Globemaster III combat offloading procedure known as Method C, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, January 23 ...

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 in ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

Big airplanes need big engines, and the C-17 Globemaster III is one of the larger aircraft deployed by the U.S. Air Force. While vehicles like the Boeing CH-47 Chinook are often used to get quickly ...

Damage to a U.S. Air Force C-17 in March 2025. Credit: U.S. Air Force The U.S. Air Force returned a damaged Boeing C-17 to service with a new robotic technology it used for the first time, and says ...

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