Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Strategic airlift

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large American airlifter manufactured by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. The C-17 is operated by the United States Air Force, the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Canadian Forces, while NATO and Qatar have placed orders for the airlifter.

Maximum payload capacity of the C-17 is 170900 lb (77500 kg), and its maximum gross takeoff weight is 585000 lb (265350 kg). The C-17 cruise speed is approximately 450 knots (833 km/h) (0.76 Mach). The C-17 is designed to airdrop 102 paratroopers and their equipment.

The first production model was delivered to Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina on July 14, 1993. The first squadron of C-17s, the 17th Airlift Squadron, was declared operationally ready on January 17, 1995. The C-17 has broken 22 records for oversized payloads. The C-17 was awarded US aviation's most prestigious award, the Collier Trophy in 1994.
The C-17 was used to deliver military goods and humanitarian aid during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan as well as Operation Iraqi Freedom in Iraq. On March 26, 2003, fifteen USAF C-17s participated in the biggest combat airdrop since the United States invasion of Panama in December, 1989: the night-time airdrop of 1000 paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade occurred over Bashur, Iraq. It opened the northern front to combat operations and constituted the largest formation airdrop carried out by the United States since World War II.

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[ironhardt]

I got to see one of these in flight over Dover AFB. All I could say was "WOW!". She is absolutely gigantic. Three Black Hawks can fit inside this amazing aircraft, or well over 70 tons of equipment. A true work horse indeed. I have read an article on turning this beast into a Gun Ship. Imagine this aircraft modified to the likes of a Super Spectre.

[sakurahinata22]

nice aircraft^^

[IauthenticI]

Boss.

[Smith28Adventure]

Fucking BEAST.

[BaconTV123]

damn i wanna fly this for the RCAF/ canadian airforce

[XboxPhantom]

Kinda hard to take off in the dessert with out being noticed...

[zeek997733]

@DarkestHourRock True that...

[DarkestHourRock]

@zeek997733 I got to fly on one of these a few years back with JROTC as well. Alot of it has to do with the weather conditions, it's not the actual aircraft. But hell, in the end it is a military aircraft, it's meant to do it's job, move a lot of shit! Comfort is for squares that fly first class commercial airlines

[zeek997733]

@ironhardt I just flew in one today with my NJROTC class..... Belive me its no comfortable flight.... Constant shaking and the pilot is frequently going positive and negetive Gs and its loud.... One helluva time though we got to see Vegas, 29 Palms, and Hoover Dam while 10000 ft above the air.

[EmpireLS56KW]

0:37 WOW! The that Bowing C-17 has huge trust!

£100million pounds worth of air machinery.

$200million

Id say this is one expensive beast of aircraft.

[NoGuff]

Aluminum overcast.

USA!!!

[jeff10151989]

nice vid