Reach 651 was among more than a hundred other C-17 crews charged with moving the evacuees, often by squeezing 450 or more people on each flight. Afghan evacuees board a U.S. military aircraft ...

The C-17 Globemaster is designed for strategic ... to carry out strategic military transport missions. The aircraft performed ...

The formation of more than 20 C-17 aircraft from the 437 th Airlift Wing ... Dozens of spectators gathered to watch the special flight at Mount Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, on the pedestrian ...

Nick Cooley hosted FLYING on a video walk-through of the C-17 flight deck and the jet’s flight characteristics, including its ability to fly like a much smaller aircraft. A key element of the ...

The aircraft that replaced the strategic ... to 120 by Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in April 1990. The C-17 made its maiden flight from the McDonnell Douglas plant in Long Beach, California ...

Much of the focus has shifted to so-called “distributed operations”, such as the recent C-17 exercise, where aircraft disperse to multiple, smaller operating bases with flexible logistics and ...

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCIV) — Part of a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III aircraft fell out of the sky ... later landed safely after a malfunction in flight, Joint Base Charleston officials detailed Thursday ...

A Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III landed safely Thursday after it experienced a malfunction during a flight and lost a piece of the tail cone. Crew members recovered the piece of the ...

Among the many acclaimed Boeing aircraft cut from factory lines is the C-17 Globemaster III ... In January 2024, passengers of an Alaska Airlines flight experienced a nightmare scenario, wherein ...

The crew of the C-17 notified Joint Base Charleston and returned to base after a piece of the tail cone fell off during the flight. A team recovered the piece of the aircraft and no injuries or ...