Transport Aircraft, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
RAF C17
Background information
Equipment Type: Transport Aircraft, Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
Primary Role: Strategic airlift, deployment of outsize loads
Aircraft Manufacturer: The Boeing Company
Support: United States Air Force (USAF). The UK C-17s benefit from the USAF support infrastructure as part of the "Virtual World wide Fleet" of C-17 Aircraft.
IPT Team makeup: IPT staff located at Abbey Wood, RAF Brize Norton and Wright Patterson Air Force Base, USA.
Team leader: Mr James Evans
Quick Facts
Payload : 164,900 lbs
Range : 2,500 nm
Length : 174ft
Height : 55ft
Wing Span : 169ft
C17 cargo ramp : equivalent of "One C-130 Hercules load"
Aircrew : 3 - 2 Pilots & 1 Air Load Master
Reverse : 2% Gradient
Cargo Bay : Rapid in-flight re-configurable
Short runway cpapbility : provided by externally blown flaps and landing gear
Brief History
September 2001 - 4 leased aircraft
June 2008 - 5th aircraft
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