The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract to support the sustainment of C-17 Globemaster III jets. The award has been provided by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Robins ...

Armed with cutting-edge aviation electronics, the C-17 can cost up to $340 million per plane ... Cargo is loaded through these ramps at the back of the aircraft. Staff Sgt. Joshua Nettles ...

as Colombia rejected the arrival of U.S. C-17 planes and instead sent its own aircraft to pick up the migrants. The operational cost of these military transport planes has been criticized ...

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a military transport aircraft developed for the USAF by McDonnell Douglas Corp. and in service since 1995. Boeing manufactured the C-17 after its merger with ...

high-strength runaways that can handle landings and takeoffs of large and heavy aircraft such as the C-17. The C-17 is also expected to require substantial maintenance costs because it is out of ...

Boeing has secured a contract modification valued at $2.26 billion for the sustainment of the U.S. Air Force’s C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft. The Department of Defense said ...

There are 275 C-17 aircraft currently being operated worldwide ... air forces with optimal fleet performance generated by a cost-effective combination of high availability and productivity.