The C-17 Globemaster III's four-engine design holds the key to its unrivaled capabilities, but was this a choice of power or ...

The Boeing C-17 is the backbone of strategic airlift, with the aircraft repeatedly called on to surge to meet demands. Dozens of the aircraft have currently been airlifting equipment and personnel to ...

From strategic airlift to tactical flexibility.

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 ...

The use of commercial technologies for upgrades to Pratt & Whitney‘s [RTX] F117 engine for the U.S. Air Force C-17 airlifter by Boeing obviates the need for a re-engining of the 222 C-17s in 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 ...

Boeing has delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company's final assembly facility in Long Beach earlier today UAE ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued $2.45 billion to Boeing Defense, Space and Security for support and sustainment services on the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III program. The award is a ...

The tactics of frontline delivery.

Curtiss-Wright will supply Boeing with Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)-aligned mission computers for integration into the C-17 aircraft fleet. These systems are designed to enable enhanced ...

The C-17 Globemaster is an Air Force cargo plane that transport troops and supplies around the world and conducts medical evacuations. News reports surfaced this week that the Trump administration was ...