The LockheedC-5 Galaxy and the BoeingC-17 Globemaster III are two of the most iconic military transport aircraft in aviation history. Towering over most runways, both are designed to move immense ...

From the C-141 Starlifter to the C-17 Globemaster III, the USAF's capabilities have evolved over time. What will be the ...

The C-17’s fly-by-wire system is central to its short-field performance. Unlike traditional mechanical controls, fly-by-wire allows engineers to tailor how the aircraft responds in different phases of ...

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 ...

CLEMSON — As Lt. Col. Scott Huebel peered through the bug-splattered windshield of a C-17 cargo plane, he was trying to find his target. Memorial Stadium was somewhere in a fast-approaching concrete ...

To get straight to the point, theLockheed C-5M Galaxy is the bigger of the two premier jet transports in the United States Air Force. It’s not only bigger than its fellow heavyweight, theBoeing C-17 ...

The C-17 Globemaster III isn't as old as planes like the famously ancient (yet still remarkably effective) B-52 Stratofortress, but it's still getting to be a little long in the tooth, as it has been ...