T-tail designs were common in early jet aircraft, but the C-17 Globemaster's T-tail design adds to its stability. Its ...

From strategic airlift to tactical flexibility, delve into the unique roles of the C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster III.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) initiated a program in December 1979, known as the Cargo-Experimental (C-X) competition, as a means of finding a new strategic airlift aircraft that was ...

The C-17’s mismatched under-fuselage sponsons put it in an exotic category of asymmetric fixed-wing aircraft designs.