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July 29, 2010Boeing: C-17 Globemaster III - C-17 Globemaster III HomePosted by Hellen PopovichA high-wing, 4-engine, T-tailed military-transport aircraft, the multi-service C-17 can carry large equipment, supplies and troops directly to small airfields in harsh terrain [...] Rating:  4 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPosted by Hellen PopovichThe Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. The C-17 was developed for the United States Air Force [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010ASIAN DEFENCE: India Could Buy 10 To 12 More C-17 Transport PlanesSend by ASIAN DEFENCEIndia could buy 10 to 12 more C-17 transport planes from Boeing Co beyond the 10 planes already planned, Christopher Chadwick, president of Boeing military aircraft told on Monday.The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency in [...] Rating: 1 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010Boeing Eyes Narrower C-17 - Aviation WeekSend by Robert WallA new fuselage would also reduce landing weight so that the C-17EF could make more passes on an unimproved field - a potential problem with the C-17B was that the added weight of new flaps and extra wheels was hard to reconcile with [...] Rating: 3 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010Work On Boeing C-17 Begins Again In Long Beach - Press-TelegramSend by By Kristopher Hanson, Staff WrLONG BEACH - The lights are back on at Boeing s C-17 assembly plant after a month-long strike that ended Thursday with worker approval of a new labor contract. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010It's C-17 Time Again Center For Defense StudiesSend by Tom DonnellyFor the C-17 is simply a superb aircraft, matching large lift, long range, and short landing capabilities in a way that has made the many diverse missions since its introduction?from peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, to the conflicts [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010Excuse Me Sir, But Are You A Retired Naval Aviator?Posted by Hellen PopovichThat was the question posed to me by a rather distinguished looking grey-haired gentleman sitting across from us in Tour Bus at Charleston SC Visitor Centre as we waited for the driver to take us on our way. It turned out that he had spied the new baseball cap that Karen had just bought me, and perh [...] Rating: No stars. Rate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010India Requests C-17 Globemaster III Aircraft | Air Force News At ...Send by US Defense Security CooperatioWASHINGTON: The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on April 23 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. [...] Rating: 2 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010Attacked As The Background To The Exercise Program To MeetPosted by Hellen PopovichAccording to "Yahoo Korea" website statistics, a joint US-ROK Combined Forces Command-led exercise hundreds of times each year, including landing exercises, street fighting, evacuation, invasion, offensive and so on. Including strategic and operational-level exercises with seven, is the largest code [...] Rating: 4 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |
July 29, 2010India-US Begin Price Negotiations On C-17 AirlifterSend by Gulshan LuthraNEW DELHI - India and the United States have begun talks here on the price and onboard equipment for the 10 Boeing C- 17 military transport aircraft that the Indian Air Force (IAF) wants. [...] Rating: 5 out of 5 starsRate up / Rate down |