Big airplanes need big engines, and the C-17 Globemaster III is one of the larger aircraft deployed by the U.S. Air Force. While vehicles like the Boeing CH-47 Chinook are often used to get ...

With engine thrust reversers, the C-17 can back up and turn around on very small runways in forward operating bases. Designed as a replacement for the C-141 Starlifter, the C-17 made its maiden ...

After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing in 1997, the latter continued manufacturing the C-17 for nearly two decades. Developed from the McDonnell Douglas YC-15, a four-engine short takeoff and ...