The C-17’s fly-by-wire system is central to its short-field performance. Unlike traditional mechanical controls, fly-by-wire ...
Last week, the Air Force awarded Boeing a $266 million sole source contract through 2031 to replace the flight deck of the ...
USAF Plans C-17 Cockpit Upgrades, New Communication Capability is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your ...
This video captured one of the most aggressive mission profiles a C-17 Globemaster could fly. The aircraft performed ...
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 ...
On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...
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 ...
An Air Force general speculated that the C-17 Globemaster III would remain in service until 2075, even after its NGAL successor platform comes online. The United States Air Force today operates a ...
Boeing is in the early stages of discussing a potential restart of C-17 Globemaster III production, which ceased in November 2015. This exploration is prompted by interest from several countries, some ...
In 2015, Boeing wrapped up production of the C-17 Globemaster III, one of the most iconic military transport aircraft ever made. The last C-17 took off from its production facility in Long Beach, ...
As enormous a military budget as the United States has, money is never infinite. It's being allocated in a thousand different directions, just like a household budget, but on a larger scale. As such, ...
Clemson had a C-17 fly over Memorial Stadium this past weekend and captured stunning images of the cargo plane as it passed.