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The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 is based upon the YC-15, a smaller prototype airlifter designed during the 1970s.
The 437th Airlift Wing (437 AW) operates the C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlift aircraft in support of its mission to provide airlift of troops and passengers, military equipment, cargo, and aeromedical equipment and supplies worldwide in accordance with tasking by Air Mobility Command and unified combatant commanders.
The three Strategic Airlift Capability Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft are owned by the 12 SAC member nations. They are registered and flagged in the program host nation Hungary bearing the name of the SAC home base, HDF Pápa Air Base, on their tails.
The office considered the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, which was in service with the USAF at the time, as well as the Airbus A400M Atlas, which was yet to make its first flight. Boeing aggressively marketed the C-17 to the Australian Government during this period. [4]
Beechcraft King Air C-90B Multi-engine training aircraft. Leased to RCAF by Allied Wings, 7 aircraft are based at Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. Boeing CC-177 Globemaster III An RCAF C-17 Globemaster III at Calgary International Airport Five strategic airlifters operated by 429 (T) Squadron based at 8 Wing Trenton, Ontario. Four were delivered ...
Douglas C-74 Globemaster Douglas Aircraft: strategic airlifter 1940s to 1970s Douglas C-124 Globemaster II Douglas Aircraft: heavy lift military cargo transport 1950 to 1974 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III Designed by McDonnell Douglas, marketed by Boeing: strategic and tactical airlifter 1993-present
C-17 Globemaster taxiing at Tarin Kowt airfield, Afghanistan, in December 2010. In May 2006, No. 36 Squadron personnel began conversion training in the US in preparation for re-equipping with Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy transports. [57] It transferred its C-130Hs to No. 37 Squadron on 17 November 2006, before relocating to Amberley.
The 535th operates eight Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The squadron executes airlift and airdrop missions to support United States Indo-Pacific Command and United States Transportation Command. The 204th Airlift Squadron of the Hawaii Air National Guard is an associate unit of the 535th, flying the same planes. [3]