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The
Boeing
(formerly
McDonnell Douglas
)
C-17 Globemaster III
is a large
American
airlifter
manufactured by
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
, and operated by the
United States Air Force
,
British
Royal Air Force
, the
Royal Australian Air Force
, and the
Canadian Forces Air Command
.
NATO
and
Qatar
will also acquire the airlifter. The C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of
cargo
to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. It is also capable of performing
tactical airlift
, medical evacuation and
airdrop
missions. The C-17 takes its name from two previous United States cargo aircraft, the
C-74 Globemaster
and the
C-124 Globemaster II
.
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