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 ...

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 that was ...

A first-of-its-kind experiment in multinational airlift begins on July 27 with the formal commissioning of the NATO-managed Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) and the unit’s first Boeing C-17 at Papa ...

The C-17 Globemaster III is a cornerstone of Western strategic airlift capability today. A total of 279 were produced, including prototypes. Only one has been lost in an accident, leaving around 275 ...

SAC CELEBRATION: The 12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) program will celebrate the activation of its operational unit, the Heavy Airlift Wing, and the arrival of the unit’s first Boeing C-17 ...

Tech Sgt. Connor Oswald, a loadmaster assigned to the 4th Airlift Squadron, connects a fuel hose during a wet-wing defuel while Senior Airman John Soto, a fellow loadmaster, looks on at Thule Air Base ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Joint Base Charleston C-17 recently got a new paint job to honor the legacy of the 16th Airlift Squadron. As airmen and families gathered to celebrate the squadron’s ...

A flight of 24 C-17 Globemasters - 15% of the USAF's C-17s - from the Charleston, SC-based 437th Airlift Wing in mass formation for a show of force flight over the Ravenel Bridge. With little advance ...

Over the past two years or so, we’ve gotten used to seeing snippets of life and hardware in the Air Force (USAF), thanks to our coverage of the military branch’s release. We’ve taken a particular ...

To get straight to the point, theLockheed C-5M Galaxy is the bigger of the two premier jet transports in the United States Air Force. It’s not only bigger than its fellow heavyweight, theBoeing C-17 ...