The aircraft would become known as the C-17A Globemaster III, sharing the Globemaster title with two previous cargo planes, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.

HONOLULU (KHNL) Hawaii is getting its own fleet of the massive cargo jets. The first of eight C-17 cargo jets arrived at Hickam Air Force Base on Wednesday.

The last Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane built at the company’s Long Beach plant departed from the facility Sunday, ending production — at least for now — of the last military or ...

The skies over Long Beach grew a bit emptier Thursday after the final Air Force C-17 took flight. The last of the U.S. military orders for the C-17 cargo jets manufactured by Boeing Military Aircra… ...

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823. The U.S ...

WASHINGTON — The four-star general in charge of the Air Force’s cargo fleet said Wednesday that he saw no need for a new version of the hulking C-17 cargo aircraft being proposed by Boeing Co ...

The Indian Air Force’s C‑17 became a flying hospital and oxygen pipeline during the pandemic – Egypt’s C‑130s continue to hum ...

WASHINGTON AND LOS ANGELES — Boeing Co.’s C-17 cargo plane, assembled in Long Beach and in a fight for survival in the nation’s Capitol, gained the support of the House on Thursday but faces ...

Strong and reliable, the Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet is an excellent place to start a marriage, as many airmen can attest.

C-17 Origins 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 ...

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left from Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.

(NEXSTAR) – A C-17 cargo plane that left Afghanistan on Aug. 15 was not actually carrying 640 evacuees, despite a previous report by the Department of Defense. It was carrying 823.