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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co will produce three fewer of its famed C-17 cargo-carrying military transport planes than expected as it closes the production line, reflecting further decline in demand ...

The head of air mobility for the US Air Force (USAF) says the service is eyeing the mid-2040s to field a new strategic airlifter. The still-conceptual transport is envisioned as succeeding both the ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. -- This month, the U.S. Air Force celebrated the four-millionth flying hour of the C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. More than two decades ...

Tech Sgt. Connor Oswald, a loadmaster assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron, connects a fuel hose during a wet-wing defuel while Senior Airman John Soto, a fellow loadmaster, looks on at Thule Air Base ...