The C-17 has been used to safely transport COVID patients from hostile areas, provide aid to the Philippines after a hurricane in 2013, and assist in the evacuations out of Afghanistan in August 2021.

He testified that planning for a noncombatant evacuation operation (also ... His mission in Afghanistan began when a C-17 cargo plane carrying him and other officials, made a combat landing ...

With security rapidly deteriorating in Afghanistan ... massive evacuation mission, according to senior defense officials. Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor told reporters nine U.S. C-17 military ...

As U.S. troops pack up to leave Afghanistan, attacks between the military and Islamic State militants have increased. WSJ’s Sune Rasmussen explains how the security situation in the final days ...

Among the many acclaimed Boeing aircraft cut from factory lines is the C-17 Globemaster III ... cargo, and medical evacuation ...

C-17 Globemaster: The United States is the largest customer and operator of the American-made Boeing C-17 Globemaster, with 223 aircraft in the current US Air Force fleet based in 12 military bases.

File photo of Customs and Border Protection security agents guiding detained migrants to board a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft for a removal flight at Fort Bliss, Texas in January 2025.

A US military C-17 transport aircraft carrying several Indians deported for illegal immigration landed in Amritsar on Wednesday, the first such deportation to India under President Donald Trump ...