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On July 28, 2010, a C-17 Globemaster III transport plane of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) crashed at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Alaska, while practicing for a flight display at the upcoming Arctic Thunder Air Show. All four crew members on board were killed. It is the only fatal accident of a C-17 aircraft.
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 ...
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 ...
English: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BOARD REPORT for the 2010 crash of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (tail number 00-0173) at Elmendorf Air Force Base. Date 13 December 2010
The pilots of a Boeing C-17A Globemaster III, 06-0002, "Spirit of the Air Force", of the 16th Airlift Squadron, 437th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, South Carolina, distracted by a series of minor problems, neglected to lower the landing gear and belly-landed the transport in at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan after dark. None of the six crew ...
249th Airlift Squadron 249th Airlift Squadron C-17 Globemaster III Active 2009–2018 Country United States Allegiance Alaska Branch Air National Guard Role Airlift Part of Alaska Air National Guard Garrison/HQ Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson, Anchorage, Alaska Tail Code White tail stripe "Elmendorf" in black "AK" Insignia 249th Airlift Squadron emblem Military unit The 249th Airlift ...
No. 36 Squadron is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) strategic transport squadron. It operates Boeing C-17 Globemaster III heavy airlifters from RAAF Base Amberley , Queensland. The squadron has seen active service flying transport aircraft during World War II, the Korean War , the Indonesia–Malaysia Konfrontasi , the Vietnam War , and the ...
C-130J Hercules, C-17A Globemaster III, 737 BBJ, Falcon 7X, KC-30A MRTT, C-27J Spartan Military unit The Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) is the principal aerial warfare force of Australia , a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Australian Army . [ 4 ]