The C-17 Globemaster III is a cornerstone of Western strategic airlift capability today. A total of 279 were produced, including prototypes. Only one has been lost in an accident, leaving around 275 ...

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III pilots and aircrews conduct off-site training at Joint Base Charleston, SC on September ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force has made significant progress, with the Operational Energy and Air Mobility Command now entering the final evaluation phase for an innovative technology: Microvane drag reduction ...

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. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

The C-5M, C-17, and C-130 have proven adept at meeting the full sweep of logistical challenges facing the US military. The US Air Force operates three primary airlifters—the C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued $2.45 billion to Boeing Defense, Space and Security for support and sustainment services on the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III program. The award is a ...

The Air Force currently has no plans to recall retired pilots. An airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from delivering cargo to Baghdad, Jan. 9, 2016 to a base in an ...

The baby girl was named after the C-17 aircraft's call sign. The Afghan baby born on a U.S. military evacuation plane her family boarded to flee the Taliban has been named after the plane. The baby's ...