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Former USAF C-17 pilot and now airline pilot explains why converting from the Globemaster III to the Boeing 737 Net Gen is like going back in time 3 decades
Civil Aviation / Military Aviation
‘Flying the Boeing 737 Next Gen is like going back in time 3 decades.’ Former USAF C-17 pilot and now airline pilot explains why despite being constantly updated the Boeing 737 remains a 1960s jet
Largest Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony in Decades honors 51 Airmen for heroic efforts during Operation Allies Refuge
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Largest Distinguished Flying Cross ceremony in Decades honors 51 Airmen for heroic efforts during Operation Allies Refuge
C-17 Globemaster III crew planned and executed demo within 24 hours
Airshows / Military Aviation
C-17 Globemaster III crew planned and executed demo within 24 hours
‘C-17 Crew did nothing to cause the deaths of Afghan civilians who tried to cling to the jet,’ USAF Investigation says
Aviation History / Military Aviation
Travis Air Force Base Airmen reflect on Operation Allies Refuge, the largest non-combatant evacuation operational in US history, One Year Later
‘C-17 Crew did nothing to cause the deaths of Afghan civilians who tried to cling to the jet,’ USAF Investigation says
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
‘C-17 Crew did nothing to cause the deaths of Afghan civilians who tried to cling to the jet,’ USAF Investigation says
Watch a huge C-17 Globemaster III taking off from a very short runway after it landed at too-small airport instead of landing at MacDill AFB
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Watch a huge C-17 Globemaster III taking off from a very short runway after it landed at too-small airport instead of landing at MacDill AFB
Airman gets married in the cargo hold of a USAF C-17 Globemaster III airlifter
Military Aviation
Airman gets married in the cargo hold of a USAF C-17 Globemaster III airlifter
C-17A #90-0534 is the first Globemaster III to clock more than 25,000 flight hours
Military Aviation
C-17A #90-0534 is the first Globemaster III to clock more than 25,000 flight hours
The story Reach 806, the C-17 that during Operation Allies Refuge landed in Kabul without normal runway lighting
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
The story Reach 806, the C-17 that during Operation Allies Refuge landed in Kabul without normal runway lighting
USAF is surging use of C-5s in order to give C-17 Crews, Aircraft a Break After Torrid Pace of Afghanistan Withdrawal
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USAF is surging use of C-5s in order to give C-17 Crews, Aircraft a Break After Torrid Pace of Afghanistan Withdrawal
With last American Soldier boarding a C-17 Afghanistan Withdrawal is Officially Complete after 20 Years of War
Military Aviation
With last American Soldier boarding a C-17 Afghanistan Withdrawal is Officially Complete after 20 Years of War
‘We took off with 270 children, and we landed with 271.’ C-17 crew helped to deliver a baby aboard a Globemaster III carrying Afghans evacuated from Kabul
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
‘We took off with 270 children, and we landed with 271.’ C-17 crew helped to deliver a baby aboard a Globemaster III carrying Afghans evacuated from Kabul
A skinny person can find some space inside the wheel well of a C-17 cargo aircraft but would die within minutes from takeoff. Here’s why.
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
A skinny person can find some space inside the wheel well of a C-17 cargo aircraft but would die within minutes from takeoff. Here’s why.
Correction: USAF C-17 Reach 871 safely evacuated 823 (not “only” 640) Afghan citizens from Kabul. 183 children were also aboard.
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
Correction: USAF C-17 Reach 871 safely evacuated 823 (not “only” 640) Afghan citizens from Kabul. 183 children were also aboard.
A detailed analysis of the ongoing Kabul evacuation: the aircraft involved, those that have been abandoned and the US Navy F/A-18E/Fs flying top cover (via Pakistan)
Military Aviation
A detailed analysis of the ongoing Kabul evacuation: the aircraft involved, those that have been abandoned and the US Navy F/A-18E/Fs flying top cover (via Pakistan)
USAF investigating Afghan deaths, human remains discovered in wheel well of C-17 that took off from Kabul
Losses and Aviation Safety / Military Aviation
USAF investigating Afghan deaths, human remains discovered in wheel well of C-17 that took off from Kabul
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