Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
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The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force (USAF) from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 design was used as the basis for the C-17.
Paratroopers dropping from a C-17 during a training exercise in 2010
Cockpit of a C-17
Lockheed C-5 Galaxy
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The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including all air-certifiable cargo. The Galaxy has many similarities to the smaller Lockheed C-141 Starlifter and the later Boeing C-17 Globemaster III. The C-5 is among the largest military aircraft in the world.
One of the first C-5A models is given a final inspection before testing in the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 16-foot transonic wind tunnel at Arnold Air Force Base in the mid-1960s.
The fourth C-5A Galaxy 66-8306 in the 1980s European One color scheme
A Galaxy undergoing the AMP and RERP upgrades, to become a C-5M