A fully loaded U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from McChord Air Force Base, WA lands, drops off cargo, and then ...

The U.S. Air Force could field a next-generation airlifter to replace both the Boeing C-17 and Lockheed Martin C-5 as soon as 2038, with a key study set to begin within two years.

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 Air Force is preparing for the Next Generation Airlifter (NGAL) to replace both aircraft, though it is still around 20 years from active service. The US Air Force plans to replace both of its ...

Reach 4574, a C-17 Globemaster III, flew direct from Kirtland AFB, home to the AFMC Nuclear Weapons Centre, to RAF Lakenheath with the support of KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft. Ever since the ...

On July 29, 2021, a Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft performed a daring and seemingly ...

A military aircraft but one painted in the colours of a Gulf airline has been handed over to its new owners in a special ceremony in California. Boeing handed over the Qatar Emiri Air Force's second C ...

The C-5M, C-17, and C-130 have proven adept at meeting the full sweep of logistical challenges facing the US military. The US Air Force operates three primary airlifters—the C-5M Super Galaxy, C-17 ...

From 9/11 to the Challenger explosion, Dover Air Force Base is deeply tied to some of America's most historic moments ...

The Air Force currently has no plans to recall retired pilots. An airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from delivering cargo to Baghdad, Jan. 9, 2016 to a base in an ...