Although the C-17 Globemaster III had its maiden flight in 1991, it took four more years until the first C-17 squadron became ...

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCIV) — Part of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fell out of the sky and landed in a South Carolina school parking lot Thursday afternoon, according to a source. A high-ranking ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. • The last C-17 Globemaster III built at a Southern California Boeing plant soared into history on Sunday with a flyover that marked the end of an era for the region's once-thriving ...

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 ...

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 ...

The C-17 Globemaster III is a cornerstone of Western strategic airlift capability today. A total of 279 were produced, including prototypes. Only one has been lost in an accident, leaving around 275 ...

Boeing and the UAE Air Force and Air Defence today announced that the UAE has signed a contract for the acquisition of six Boeing C-17 Globemaster III advanced airlifters. The UAE, which announced in ...

The C-17 is designed to take off from relatively short runways and can maneuver in tight spots. Boeing built the C-17 to land ...

CHICAGO, May 13 (Reuters) - A three-day-old labor strike at the plant where Boeing Co makes a controversial transport aircraft has brought production to a halt, but the strike has little chance of ...

Boeing delivered a second C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the UAE Air Force today at the C-17 program's final assembly facility in Long Beach, California. The company is contracted to deliver a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An emergency spending bill approved by the Senate on Thursday includes $227.5 million to continue production of Boeing's C-17 transport aircraft, which supports about 1,800 jobs in ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ten NATO nations, joined by Sweden and Finland, have signed an agreement to buy three Boeing Co C-17 long-range cargo planes, the company said on Wednesday. Boeing said a ...