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 ...

Airlift platforms might not get a lot of recognition, but they play an important role in global US military operations.

The Air Force is preparing for the Next Generation Airlifter (NGAL) to replace both aircraft, though it is still around 20 years from active service.

Reach 4574, a C-17 Globemaster III, flew direct from Kirtland AFB, home to the AFMC Nuclear Weapons Centre, to RAF Lakenheath with the support of KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft. Ever since the ...

The wing on Friday renamed one of its C-17 Globemasters as the “Spirit of Hanoi Taxi,” remembering the C-141 Starlifter that brought home the first 40 freed POWs from Hanoi for their repatriation, a ...

The unique ski-equipped LC-130Hs of the New York Air National Guard badly need replacements, with their mission growing in ...

Aviation fans in Frankfurt got a rare treat - a Canadian Air Force C-17 arriving in full power and style. The massive ...

The sighting of more naval and air assets signals a broader confrontation, as Washington intensifies counternarcotics strikes ...

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