Boeing C-17 Globemaster III #7
by Arthur Eggers
Title
Boeing C-17 Globemaster III #7
Artist
Arthur Eggers
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Digital Art - Color Print
Description
The 437th Airlift Wing (437 AW) is an active unit of the United States Air Force, assigned to 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command. The 437AW is responsible for flying and maintaining the C-17 Globemaster III jet cargo aircraft, the newest aircraft in the AMC airlift system. Its mission is to command assigned airlift and supporting units; provide for the airlift of troops and passengers, military equipment, cargo and aeromedical airlift and to participate in operations involving the airland or airdrop of troops, equipment and supplies when required. The 315th Airlift Wing (315AW) provides trained personnel to be a source of augmentation for the active forces in any emergency expansion of the Air Force strategic and aeromedical airlift capability. Additionally, the Wing performs peacetime missions and integrates with the active-duty 437AW and the 628th Air Base Wing in their normal Air Mobility Command operations and logistics missions. Both of these units are assigned to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The 437AW received its first C-17 in June 1993, while the 315AW conducted the first C-17 Globemaster III flight with an all-Air Force Reserve crew in 1994. The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a military transport aircraft that carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 is projected to be in service for several decades.
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