To: naturalman1975
People the C-17 Globemaster is not in the mold of C5 a pure heavy lift strategy transport...it a combo heavy lift /STOL tactical transport (think a heavy lift C130)
41 posted on
12/04/2006 10:35:00 AM PST by
tophat9000
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To: tophat9000
...it a combo heavy lift /STOL tactical transport (think a heavy lift C130)The C-17 can carry the weight of a C-5 in an airframe the size of a C-141 and land and take off in the space of a C-130.
Whew!
56 posted on
12/22/2006 7:13:36 PM PST by
Snickersnee
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