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| C-17 Globemaster III |
| The C-17 Globemaster was designed by Mc Donnel Douglas (now Boeing company) to replace the C-141 Starlifter. The transport aircraft is able to take off from short air fields. First customer was the US air force and it's currently used by active wings as well as Air National Guard and Reserve units. The first export customer was the Royal Air Force leasing four aircraft which were bought at the end of the lease period. More C-17s were bought by the RAF leading to the 8th purchase in 2012. NATO together with two PfP countries also bought three Globemasters. The participating countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and the United States) are allocated a number of annual flight hours. The transport aircraft was also sold to Quatar and the United Arab Emirates while India is considering to purchase the Globemaster. |
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| C-17 Globemaster |
| Country: | # Aircraft: | Sqdn/Wing: | Remarks: |
| Australia | 5 | 36 Squadron | RAAF intends to buy 6th C-17. |
| Canada | 4 | 436 Transport Squadron | |
| India | 10 | Not known | To be delivered in 2013 and 2014. |
| NATO (Hungary) | 3 | SAC | |
| Quatar | 2 | Not known | |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | Not known | Two to be delivered in 2012. |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 99 Sqdn | 8th C-17 purchased February 2012. to be delivered. |
| United States | 214 | See below table | Initial batch aircraft. First additional batch 60 aircraft later followed by multiple orders. |
| United States air force units |
| Command: | Squadron: | Wing: | Base: |
| AMC | 21 AS | 60 AW | Travis AFB, CA |
| 4 AS, 7 AS, 8 AS, 10 AS | 62 AMW | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA | |
| 6 AS | 305 AMW | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ | |
| 3 AS | 436 AW | Dover AFB, DE | |
| 14 AS, 15 AS, 16 AS, 17 AS | 437 AW | Charleston AFB, SC | |
| PACAF | 517 AS | 3 Wg | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK |
| 535 AS | 15 AW | Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI | |
| ANG | 137 AS | 105 AW | Stewart ANGB, NY |
| 183 AS | 172 AW | Jackson IAP, MS | |
| AFRC | 89 AS | 445 AW | Wright Patterson AFB,OH |
| 729 AS | 452 AMW | March AFB, CA | |
| AFMC | 418 FLTS | 412 TW | Edwards AFB, CA |
| AETC | 58 AS | 97 AMW | Altus AFB, OK |
| The associate structure (AFRC wings combined with AMC wings) is not taken into account in the above table. |
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| 3rd Wing | 62 AW |
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| 305 AMW | 437 AW |
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| 729 AS | 99 Sqdn RAF |
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