The C-17 has a reputation as a versatile aircraft that has played a part in a wide range of transport missions for troops, cargo, and medical evacuation.

Boeing charged the Air Force excessive prices for some C-17 spare parts, DoD Inspector General report highlights. In an interesting new report, the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General ...

While the C-17 Globemaster III (233 in service - 2019) is smaller than the C-5 Galaxy (56 in service - 2019) and cannot transport as much cargo per plane than the C-5, the C-17 is the backbone of U.S.

The U.S. Air Force has made significant progress, with the Operational Energy and Air Mobility Command now entering the final evaluation phase for an innovative technology: Microvane drag reduction ...

FILE - A United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane loaded with humanitarian aid lands at Camilo Daza airport in Cucuta, Colombia, on Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando ...

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 ...

FILE - A United States Air Force C-17 cargo plane loaded with humanitarian aid lands at Camilo Daza airport in Cucuta, Colombia, on Feb. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — ...

A Boeing C-17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in August. Credit: U.S. Air Force An anonymous tip about an expensive soap dispenser for the lavatory on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has led to ...

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III takes off after emergency vehicles and cargo have been offloaded in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, ...

The inspector general for the US Department of Defense (DoD) is claiming airframer Boeing overcharged the US Air Force (USAF) for spare parts on the C-17 Globemaster III strategic transport. A report ...

The Air Force currently has no plans to recall retired pilots. An airman guides a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster after it returned from delivering cargo to Baghdad, Jan. 9, 2016 to a base in an ...