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Bigger, Higher, Faster: The world's best flying machines
Boeing C-17 is a large military transport aircraft.
McDonnell Douglas developed the aircraft for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s.
It can airlift cargo fairly close to a battle area.
Boeing C-17 paradropping cargo.
A C-17 also accompanies the President of the United States on his visits to both domestic and foreign arrangements, consultations, and meetings. The C-17 is used to transport the Presidential Limousine and security detachments.
The Indian Air Force is in the process of acquiring 10 C-17 heavy transports from Boeing.
Boeing C-17 fires flares during a maneuver.
Inside a Boeing C-17.
Boeing C-17 takes off from a rough strip.
Against a hazy background, the Boeing C-17 stands on the tarmac.
The C-17 can operate from unpaved, unimproved runways as well.
Emirates A-380 flies overhead Dubai.
Sikorsky S-92 with the Her Majesty's Coast Guard.
Singapore Airlines A-380 takes off.
