Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on the how the military removes dangerous ice from aircraft before taking ...

Although the sight of a C-17 refueling from a DC-10 based refueling aircraft will be a familiar one – the KC-10 itself having only recently retired from the U.S. Air Force – behind the scenes ...

It serves as the primary strategic lift aircraft for the U.S. Air Force for global transport of troops and equipment. There are 275 C-17 aircraft currently being operated worldwide, which is ...

Twelve members of No. 99 Squadron RAF have spent the past week in the Arctic Circle to help resupply the most northerly ...

A C-17 is a cargo aircraft that “can execute the strategic delivery of troops and cargo to forward areas, perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions, and transport litters and ambulatory ...

Boeing’s YC-14 stands as a bold experiment that, even in cancellation, advanced the science of flight. Boeing’s YC-14 emerged from a United States Air Force (USAF) initiative launched in the mid-1970s ...

The C-17 is larger than the Japanese-made C-2 and U.S.-made C-130, transport aircraft deployed by the Self-Defense Forces. Its carrying capacity is more than twice the C-2’s.

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III was spotted over Thirlmere by photographer Jonny Gios. The large, four-engine military transport aircraft was designed for long-range, heavy-lift strategic airlift. It ...