Among the many acclaimed Boeing aircraft cut from factory lines is the C-17 Globemaster III. Although the C-17 Globemaster ...

The C-17 Globemaster is a Boeing-built military airlifter that first flew on September 15, 1991. Two hundred seventy-nine aircraft were built between 1991 and 2015, with the overwhelming majority ...

The Globemaster III was designed to be able to land on runways as short as 3,500 feet and as narrow as 90 feet. With engine thrust reversers, the C-17 can back up and turn around on very small ...

The parking apron in front of U.S. Air Force facilities at Christchurch International Airport, pictured in March 2025, can be ...

Social media users are claiming to show a C-17 Globemaster take off from an aircraft carrier. One user wrote, “The Boeing C-17 Globemaster Amazing Takeoff From Shortest Runway.” This claim is ...

The officials say there will be five Boeing C-17 Globemaster airplanes brought in for training. “The facilities here at CRTC are amazing,” said Charles Broadway, NSOIC of Inspection Plans of ...

The near-miss occurred above Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk as a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III transport plane headed to land at the US Air Force base of RAF Mildenhall on 17 July 2024. The pilot ...

Firstly, the Air Force utilized a new aircraft platform – in addition to usual Lockheed Martin LC-130H Hercules “skibirds” and Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs – to fly to one of the world ...