The U.S. Air Force is in the early stages of planning a future strategic airlifter, potentially replacing the C-5M and C-17.
Credit: U.S. Air Force
GRAPEVINE, Texas—The plan for what will become the U.S. Air Force’s future airlift fleet is in its nascent stages, though current thinking is focusing on a three-part “family of systems” approach, ranging from a strategic, C-17-like airlifter to a small autonomous system for conventional and special...
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