Plans for a Next Generation Airlift platform, or NGAL, targeted for entry into service in the 2040s, are starting to coalesce.

The US Air Force is targeting the mid-2040s to field a new strategic airlifter that would serve as the single successor to ...

The C-17 Globemaster III's four-engine design holds the key to its unrivaled capabilities. But was this a choice of power or necessity?

The U.S. Air Force has made significant progress, with the Operational Energy and Air Mobility Command now entering the final evaluation phase for an innovative technology: Microvane drag reduction ...

The US Air Force overpaid for spare parts for a C-17 military transport aircraft manufactured by Boeing, according to a new watchdog report. In one example, an audit found, the service paid more than ...

A Boeing C-17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in August. Credit: U.S. Air Force An anonymous tip about an expensive soap dispenser for the lavatory on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has led to ...

On Apr. 10, 2025, a C-17 from Joint Base Lewis-McChord became the first in the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command to take fuel from a commercially contracted KDC-10B. Omega Air Refueling, based in ...

The United States Air Force (USAF) plans to replace its two main cargo aircraft, the C-17 Globemaster III and the colossal ...

Boeing overcharged the Air Force for simple spare parts on C-17 aircraft by $1 million over a four-year period, according to the Pentagon. The defense giant marked up the cost of soap dispensers by ...

Carl Johnson, 79, and about 166 other veterans left Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on two Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemasters for a one-day trip to Washington, D.C., where they will visit war ...

WASHINGTON — Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagon’s ...