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A high-altitude plateau on the Big Island is the only place in Hawaii where thousands of ground forces can practice firing ...
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster was discontinued in 2015, but a recent interview with a Boeing executive reveals that it might be ...
T he Lockheed C-130 Hercules has been "the" tactical transport aircraft of the United States Air Force and many of its allies and partners for decades. Today, it is found in servi ...
The grounded C-17 Globemaster drew attention on social media amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan, with images of the massive military cargo plane going viral and sparking speculation.
The C-17 can normally airlift a 70-tonne cargo but it’s around 35 tonne at the altitude in Kargil. The much smaller C-130J `Super Hercules' had landed at night in Kargil in Jan last year.
d when two U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo planes filled with deportees were turned away from Colombian airspace. The C-17 is awesome. While not as sleek as the F-16 Fighting Falcon, or as ...
The Boeing Company BA recently secured a $24.5 million contract to carry out enhancements for the C-17 Globemaster III jet program. The contract involves conducting studies, implementing quick ...
With the advantage of having time on their hands, an RAF C-17 team was able to thoroughly evaluate the risk associated with an emergency mission and successfully evacuate almost 200 people from South ...
The Globemaster III is a giant of a plane, but Lockheed Martin's C-5M Super Galaxy is massive and unrivaled in capabilities, carrying a maximum payload of 281,001-lbs, versus the C-17's 170,900-lbs.
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and ...
After weeks of planning, a RAAF C-17 Globemaster has completed a 10,000-kilometre mission to Antarctica to drop off essential cargo to expeditioners who were left with limited supplies after a ...
The C-17 Globemaster III entered service in 1995 and production continued until 2015, with a total of 279 units being manufactured during that time.