Boeing has long been a key player in the global aviation industry. Its commercial jets are used by airlines around the world and form the core of many global fleets. But alongside its presence in the ...
Almost half a decade after it delivered its last new-build C-17, Boeing still receives enquiries about potentially reviving production of the strategic transport, a senior company official says.
The transport aircraft is a valuable asset for the United States Air Force.
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 ...
There are several cargo planes currently in use by the U.S. Air Force (USAF), but only one of them is described by America’s aviators as “the most flexible cargo aircraft to enter the airlift force”: ...
The Boeing Company BA recently secured a modification contract to support the sustainment of C-17 Globemaster III jets. The award has been provided by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center, Robins ...
An Air Force general speculated that the C-17 Globemaster III would remain in service until 2075, even after its NGAL successor platform comes online. The United States Air Force today operates a ...
A whistleblower reported that Boeing had massively overcharged the Air Force for soap dispensers on their C-17 cargo planes.