An airpower milestone was reached last week when the first ever US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III completed an airdrop mission that delivered about 70,000 pounds of supplies to the South Pole.

Footage from a US Air Force drop at Fort Bragg, NC has emerged showing the loading and far more dramatic unloading of Humvees from a C-17 Globemaster. Fast 7 has its fair share. One of our ...

Six aircraft have been modified for a six-month evaluation before the microvanes, small 3D-printed devices similar to thin ...

Ms Yannopoulos said the success of the latest airdrop underscored the importance ... For the past seven-and-a-half hours, a C ...

Narrator: The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of airdropping ... Narrator: The rear door can also open mid-flight to perform an airdrop, where cargo is offloaded over a designated area.

In the spring of 2024, in a secret mission involving flying undeclared in foreign airspace 2,600 km away, the Indian Air ...

The Globemaster III was designed to be able to land on runways as short as 3,500 feet and as narrow as 90 feet. With engine thrust reversers, the C-17 can back up and turn around on very small ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: These Air Force pilots are refueling their C-17 Globemaster III at 26,000 feet in the air. Narrator: The pilots rendezvous with a KC-10 refueler ...

A U.S. military joint task force did some training recently off the Florida coast, preparing to help rescue astronauts from ...

The U.S. Air Force has made significant progress, with the Operational Energy and Air Mobility Command now entering the final ...

The U.S. Air Force is nearing a major milestone in enhancing the efficiency and capabilities of its C-17 Globemaster III fleet with the implementation of microvane drag reduction technology. After ...

A C-17 tactical transport aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) executed a precision airdrop of two combat boats along with marine commandos in the Arabian Sea while assisting the Navy to seize a ...