Proving to be one of the most flexible transport aircraft in United States Air Force history, the McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III provides improved airlift capabilities close to ...

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 ...

The McDonnell Douglas / Boeing C-17 Globemaster III boasts a cruise speed of around 450 knots at FL280. [Courtesy: U.S. Air Force / Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck] ...

Born as a McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) back in the 1990s, the machinery has been designed to conduct tactical and strategical airlift missions, but also airdrops of equipment and supplies.

The US Air Force (USAF) used Boeing C-17A Globemaster III and Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules platforms instead of its Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy airlifter for its evacuation of Kabul, Afghanistan ...

Development of the C-17 was begun in the 1980s by McDonnell Douglas, which Boeing later acquired. Test flights commenced in 1991 and by 1995, the first squadron was declared operationally ready.

The US Air Force has awarded Boeing a multibillion-dollar contract to sustain the worldwide fleet of C-17 Globemaster III strategic transports over the next 10 years.

Campaigners have called for government "transparency" amid reports the United States Air Force has moved nuclear weapons to a ...

Born in the stables of McDonnell Douglas, which is now part of Boeing, the monster spans from wingtip to wingtip for a distance of 170 feet (52 meters) and has a fuselage diameter of 23 feet (7 ...

Boeing delivered its final C-17 Globemaster III nearly a decade ago after 279 four-engine strategic airlifters were produced. However, the aerospace firm continues to support the current fleet and ...