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The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) between the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. 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 ...
transport C-12J: 3 [4] C-17 Globemaster III: United States strategic airlifter 222 222 C-17A total force as of September 2023 (USAF Almanac). [1] 146 C-17A - Active. 50 C-17A - Air National Guard. 26 C-17A - Reserve. 220 C-17A operational (WAF 2025). [2] C-21A: United States VIP transport C-21A: 19 [4] C-32: United States VIP transport 4 [4] C ...
Military transport aircraft include load-carrying non-combat types such as freight and troop carriers, as well as some other specialised types, used by military forces around the world. In production [ edit ]
This article lists the airlift squadrons of the United States Air Force. The purpose of an airlift squadron is to organize and effect the delivery of supplies or personnel, usually via military transport aircraft such as the C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules .
Transport; Boeing 777: United States VIP transport 777-300ER: 2 [21] Used as Air India One for presidential flight Embraer Legacy 600: Brazil VIP transport: 4 [22] Boeing C-17: United States strategic airlifter: 11 [15] Ilyushin Il-76: Soviet Union strategic airlifter Il-76MD: 17 [15] C-130J Super Hercules: United States tactical airlifter: C ...
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Carrier-based Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 1966 26 [25] To be replaced by 44 CMV-22 [107] C-20: Gulfstream USA Jet Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 1985 2 [25] C-20G C-26D Metroliner: Fairchild USA Propeller Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 1980s 5 [25] C-37: Gulfstream USA Jet Cargo/Transport aircraft: Manned 1997 4 1 x C-37A C-40A Clipper ...
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) operates eight Boeing C-17 Globemaster III large transport aircraft. Four C-17s were ordered in mid-2006 to improve the ability of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to operate outside Australia and its region. The aircraft entered service between November 2006 and January 2008, the second pair being ...