abstract:The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. It was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas.
The BoeingC-17Globemaster IIIstrategictransport aircraft surpassed the two million flight-hour milestoneduringatacticalairdrop mission over easternAfghanistan earlier inDecember.
Other large air freighters already flying include the Russian-built Ilyushin Il-76, the U.S.-made Boeing C-17 GlobemasterIII and, largest of them all, the Antonov An-225 -- also Russian.