BBC3 年
C-17: The US military plane carrying Afghans to safety
On 15 August, as the Taliban entered the Afghan capital, Kabul, a US Air Force plane safely evacuated 823 Afghan citizens - including 183 children. The number was a record for the Boeing C-17 ...
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US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap ...
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 ...
Business Insider3 年
Why the $340 million C-17 became the center of evacuation efforts
We can take people. Narrator: That's C-17 crew chief Staff Sgt. Joshua Estell. He helps oversee the 13 C-17s stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Cargo is loaded through these ramps at the back of ...
biznews.com11 天
Best of 2024: China steals the show at Waterkloof defence showcase – Katzenellenbogen
The absence of the US and the prominent display of China’s military technology sent a powerful message about South Africa’s ...
BBC2 年
US aircrew cleared in review of deadly incident during flight from Kabul
Hundreds of Afghans ran alongside the US Air Force C-17 plane as it moved down the runway at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul The US Air Force crew that took off from an Afghan airport ...
MercoPress1 年
Impeccable landing of a RAF Globemaster C-17 in St Helena airport
United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom The C-17 Globemaster – called Globemaster III – in United States Air Force service is an undeniable sign of national commitment to a cause. With 77,519 ...