The US Military's C-17 And C-5 Cargo Planes Are In Store For An All-In-One Replacement

The C-17 Globemaster and C-5 Galaxy are two iconic cargo planes currently serving in the United States military, transporting ...
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The Flexible C-17 Globemaster III has Impressive STOL Capabilities

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 ...
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US Air Force targets mid-2040s timeline for single successor to C-17 and C-5M strategic airlifters

The head of air mobility for the US Air Force (USAF) says the service is eyeing the mid-2040s to field a new strategic airlifter. The still-conceptual transport is envisioned as succeeding both the ...
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Is The Boeing C-17 Globemaster Bigger Than The Airbus A380?

Commercialjet airliners are designed rather similarly to one another. A circular or semi-circular tube, with a main deck for passenger seating, a lower deck for cargo, and a low wing mounted near the ...
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C-17 drops supplies at Antarctica base

TACOMA -- A 14-member McChord Air Force Base crew braved deep-freeze temperatures of minus 21 to 29 degrees and tricky polar latitudes and longitudes Wednesday to complete the first airdrop by a C-17 ...