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 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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- An emergency spending bill approved by the Senate on Thursday includes $227.5 million to continue production of Boeing's C-17 transport aircraft, which supports about 1,800 jobs in ...

The Boeing Company BA recently secured a $24.5 million contract to carry out enhancements for the C-17 Globemaster III jet program. The contract involves conducting studies, implementing ...

It's common for fighter jets and other aircraft to receive nicknames, but it's a little odd that an airplane would be referred to as an animal without wings.

The Boeing Company BA recently clinched a modification contract for providing sustainment services to C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. The award has been provided by the Air Force Lifecycle ...

The dispensers were 80 times more expensive than the commercially available alternative. The audit of C-17 part purchases was done in response to a DoD Hotline allegation. The US Air Force overpaid ...

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 ...

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 ...

The U.S. Air Force is seeking information on potential industry sources with experience and capabilities to meet the requirements of the second iteration of the C-17 Aircraft Globemaster Operational ...