Yet, there is no single aircraft that can do all the things that a C-17 can do. That is why it remains one of the most ...

USAF Plans C-17 Cockpit Upgrades, New Communication Capability is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) Market Briefing and is included with your ...

The U.S. Air Force plans for its Next Generation Airlift (NGAL) aircraft to be operational by fiscal year 2041, with production potentially starting in FY2038. To mitigate risks associated with NGAL ...

U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Canadian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 transport planes conduct an ...

On July 28, 2010, a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III known as Sitka 43 lifted off from Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson ...

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 ...

The Air Force plans to award a 10-year firm fixed price contract at the end of fiscal 2027 to RTX‘s Pratt & Whitney for the restoration of the company’s F117 engines for the service’s 222 C-17 ...

An Air Force general speculated that the C-17 Globemaster III would remain in service until 2075, even after its NGAL successor platform comes online. The United States Air Force today operates a ...

The C-17’s fly-by-wire system is central to its short-field performance. Unlike traditional mechanical controls, fly-by-wire ...

Air Force Sec. Troy Meink, right, shown during a June budget hearing. (Eric Dietrich/Air Force) The Air Force has scrapped its outgoing chief of staff’s plan to create an independent command focused ...

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — In a vast hangar at Robins Air Force Base, crews are dismantling one of the most vital aircraft in the U.S. military’s fleet — the C-5, the Air Force’s largest transport ...

Maryland Air National Guard troops prepare for the departure of the final flight of an A-10C Thunderbolt at Warfield Air National Guard Base, Maryland. (Airman 1st Class Sarah Hoover/U.S. Air National ...