Not only B-1, B-2 or B-52 strategic bombers (as well as the various tactical planes) need to refuel at night. C-17 cargo planes, somehow used to carry Special Operations Forces require proper ...

Just because low-flying C-17s can drop their cargo under the cover of night does not mean they won't come under attack from heat-seeking missiles. Being one of most highly defended aircraft in the ...

U.S. Air Force C-17s dropping U.S. Army personnel from Fort Bragg, NC at Holland Drop Zone, Fort Bragg Pope Airfield, N.C. in support of Joint Operations Access Exercise JOAX 12-01. Take off ...