The aircraft can perform tactical airlift ... Designed as a replacement for the C-141 Starlifter, the C-17 made its maiden flight on Sept. 15, 1991, and the first production model was delivered ...

The C-17 Globemaster is designed for strategic ... to carry out strategic military transport missions. The aircraft performed ...

At 174 feet long and 55 feet tall, the C-17 can carry a payload of around 170,000 pounds and can land on runways shorter than 3,500 feet with just three crew members manning the aircraft.

Joshua Nettles: So my role here as a C-17 loadmaster is to load these aircraft, and we want to ensure ... Narrator: The rear door can also open mid-flight to perform an airdrop, where cargo ...

One Afghan woman even gave birth to a baby girl on a C-17 on Sunday. She went into labour as the flight was en route ... government would use 18 commercial aircraft to help transport people ...