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C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
Tails of Four C-17 Globemaster IIIs Against Cloudy Sky
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III Landing Over Fleet of C-17s
Mechanics in Front of Fleet of C-17 Globemaster IIIs
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line
C-17 Globemaster III Flight Line at Sunset
C-17 Globemaster III on Tarmac in the Rain
Silhouette of C-17 Globemaster III Tail
Service Truck Under Fleet of C-17 Globemaster IIIs
Silhouette of C-17 Globemaster III Tail from Under Wing
C-17 Globemaster III Wingtips
Silhouette of C-17 Globemaster III Tail from Under Wing
Loading a C-17 Globemaster III
C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Loading
C-17 Globemaster III at Sunset
C-17 Globemaster III in Flight
Boeing Workers Inspect a C-17 Globemaster III Wing
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Tails of Multiple C-17 Globemaster IIIs in Flight Line
The C-17 Globemaster III is a high-wing, four-engine, T-tailed aircraft with a rear loading ramp. In 1980, the U.S. Air Force asked for a larger transport that could be refueled in flight and be used in rough forward fields so that it could fly anywhere in the world. On Aug. 28, 1981, McDonnell Douglas won the contract with its proposal to build the C-17. The design met or exceeded all Air Force design specifications. With its 160,000-pound payload, the C-17 can take off from a 7,600-foot airfield, fly 2,400 nautical miles and land on a small, austere airfield in 3,000 feet or less. On the ground, a fully loaded aircraft, using engine reversers, can back up a 2 percent slope. During normal testing, C-17s set 22 world records, including payload to altitude time-to-climb and the short takeoff and landing mark, in which the C-17 took off in less than 1,400 feet, carried a payload of 44,000 pounds to altitude and landed in less than 1,400 feet. Deployed in June 1993, it won the Collier Trophy in 1994, symbolizing the top aeronautical achievement of 1994.
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BI25356
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