Combat Aviator on MSN
C-17 Globemaster III: Rapid THAAD missile defense deployment
When a ballistic missile streaks toward a forward operating base at hypersonic speed, seconds count. The U.S. military’s answer to that threat isn’t just a weapon system — it’s a precision-engineered ...
Combat Aviator on MSN
USAF C-17 Globemaster III: Rapid airfield seizure for Pacific
When military strategists talk about projecting power across the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean, one aircraft stands above all others: the C-17 Globemaster III. This massive transport aircraft has ...
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 ...
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