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

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 Air Force Reserve Command deputy commander awards the Distinguished Flying Cross to four C-17A Globemaster III aircrew members during a ceremony at Travis Air Force Base, California, Apr. 1, 2022.

Complications down the road led to Boeing acquiring McDonnell Douglas and taking over the production of the C-17. By 1993, the Globemaster III was already an experienced heavy-lifter.

Welcome back to the Daily Aviation, this time for a new documentary video about the McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III. Footage Credit: US Air-Force, DoD ,Derivative Work by The Daily Aviation.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...