The C-17 Globemaster III is a highly capable cargo aircraft used by military operators, and it is powered by four Pratt & ...

Commercialjet airliners are designed rather similarly to one another. A circular or semi-circular tube, with a main deck for passenger seating, a lower deck for cargo, and a low wing mounted near 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 ...

The U.S. Dept. of Defense issued $2.45 billion to Boeing Defense, Space and Security for support and sustainment services on the U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III program. The award is a ...

Boeing has delivered the first of six C-17 Globemaster III airlifters to the UAE Air Force and Air Defence during a ceremony at the company's final assembly facility in Long Beach earlier today UAE ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An emergency spending bill approved by the Senate on Thursday includes $227.5 million to continue production of Boeing's C-17 transport aircraft, which supports about 1,800 jobs in ...

A military aircraft but one painted in the colours of a Gulf airline has been handed over to its new owners in a special ceremony in California. Boeing handed over the Qatar Emiri Air Force's second C ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...