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- 25 planes in fleet - Pratt&Whitney Royce engines - 2900 nm range - 78 tons freight capacity
The portly but manoeuvreable C-17 was born in to become the backbone of the USAF's strategic transport force. The development of the
C-17 began in February 1980 when USAF ordered a new cargo transport, for replacing the C-141 Starlifter and supplanting the C-5 Galaxy
heavy transport aircrafts. The contract was won by McDonnell-Douglas, and they delivered the first aircraft in 1993.
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