Boeing C-17A Globemaster III

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The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a strategic military transport aircraft that revolutionized airlift operations by combining the intercontinental range of the massive C-5 Galaxy with the tactical short-field capability of smaller transports. First flown on September 15, 1991, it is a high-wing, four-engine turbofan transport capable of carrying 170,000 pounds of cargo or 102 fully equipped troops. With its 169-foot wingspan and powered by four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 engines producing over 160,000 pounds of total thrust, the aircraft was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas and later Boeing.