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 ...

Staff Sgt. John Eller conducts preflight checks on a C-17 Globemaster III. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force] In a bid to cut its aviation gas bill, the U.S. Air Force is employing new fuel efficiency ...

The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract to support the sustainment of C-17 Globemaster III jets. The award has been provided by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center ...

The C-17 Globemaster is a Boeing-built military airlifter that first flew on September 15, 1991. Two hundred seventy-nine aircraft were built between 1991 and 2015, with the overwhelming majority ...

Narrator: The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of airdropping ... He helps oversee the 13 C-17s stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Cargo is loaded through these ramps at the back of the aircraft.

Until now, however, a sortie had not been completed with one of the Air Force’s 222 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifters. An Omega KDC-10 commercial air-to-air refueler flies ...