For decades, the BoeingC-17 Globemaster III has been an air mobility icon — a strategic and tactical heavy-lift transport that can haul entire armored brigades around the globe, land on rugged ...

One aircraft's incredible impact: Unraveling the mystery of the C-17 Globemaster's unmatched versatility and reliability.

Ramstein, Germany, Oct. 9, 2007: Airman 1st Class Hazen Sanders, with the 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron, prepares equipment to refuel a C-17 at Ramstein Air Base. Flight crews nicknamed the ...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

Boeing is reportedly considering resuming production of its C-17 Globemaster III jet, discontinued in 2015. That's going to be quite a trick since the Long Beach, California factory that made the ...

Boeing may restart C-17 production amid rising demand, but high costs, lack of facilities, and uncertain ROI make resuming the line a significant logistical and financial challenge. Boeing delivered ...

The C-17 Globemaster III isn't as old as planes like the famously ancient (yet still remarkably effective) B-52 Stratofortress, but it's still getting to be a little long in the tooth, as it has been ...

In 2015, Boeing wrapped up production of the C-17 Globemaster III, one of the most iconic military transport aircraft ever made. The last C-17 took off from its production facility in Long Beach, ...