Feb 14, 2019 · C-17 Close ups, Reverse Thrust, Back Up, Taxi, Departure at the Hollywood Burbank Airport. This Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is assigned to the 911th Airlift ...

The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) between the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 ...

Jul 29, 2014 · Boeing C-17 Globemaster III reverse thrust demonstration. Video by Senior Airman Joshua Roberts | 4th Combat Camera Squadron AiirSource℠ covers military even...

Aug 4, 2021 · Now, thanks to the U.K. Royal Air Force (RAF), we’ve got the chance to see another of the big airlifter’s unique attributes — the ability to deploy the thrust reversers on its engines in-flight to provide a quick descent from its cruising altitude perch.

The C-17 Globemaster III is the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area.

With engine thrust reversers, the C-17 can back up and turn around on very small runways in forward operating bases.

Jan 15, 2020 · Boeing C-17 Globemaster III facts. Facts about the C-17 cockpit, C-17 wings, interior, specifications, and more. Enjoy learning these C-17 facts!

A c-17 carryiing George W Bush's limo did this in Las Crcues NM, in summer, and left deep ruts in the hot runway. It was years before liability was established and it was fixed. "The runway, already in poor shape and scheduled for an $800,000 overhaul, had 2-inch-deep ruts and cracking asphalt after the C-17 landed Thursday"

Oct 6, 2022 · The C-17 was key in evacuating more than 124,000 people over 17 days at the end of August 2021. “When you think back about the last few weeks in August, and just the turmoil that all happened in a very short period of time, the C-17 was kind of the foundation for that entire operation,” said Col. Amanda Okeson, Senior Materiel Leader for ...

On Jan. 23, 2012 a C-17A Globemaster III was involved in a landing incident at Forward Operating Base Shank, in Afghanistan during a combat airlift mission in support to Operation Enguring...