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AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy -- A C-17 Globemaster III takes off from here bound for McChord Air Force Base, Wash., after transiting through Italy.

A C-17 Globemaster III practices evasive maneuvers during a simulated missile attack.

OVER NORTH FIELD, S.C. -- A C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston AFB, S.C., leads a formation Jan. 12, 2000. The C-17 is part of a nine-ship formation flying a training mission that includes an air drop, a short field landing and aerial refueling.

The C-17 Globemaster is the most flexible airlift aircraft to enter the Air Force''s inventory. The ultimate measure of airlift effectiveness is the ability to rapidly project and sustain an effective combat force close to a potential battle area. Threats to U. S. interests have changed in recent years, and the size and weight of U.S. mechanized firepower and equipment have grown in response to improved capabilities of potential adversaries. This trend has significantly increased air mobility requirements, particularly in the area of heavy outsized cargo. As a result, ad***ional airlift is needed to meet possible contingencies worldwide. The C-17 helps address these shortfalls in the current airlift force. The aircraft is operated by the Air Mobility Command with initial operations at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., with the 437th Airlift Wing and the 315th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve.

Airmen from Dover Air Force Base, Del., load a C-5 Galaxy flight deck onto another C-5 for transport to Robins Air Force Base, Ga., Aug. 22. The flight deck from the C-5 that crashed April 3 will be used as a simulator to help train and test aircrews.

The C-5M takes off during its First Flight ceremony at Lockheed Martinâ?Ts Marietta, Ga. plant. This flight takes place 38 years after the C-5 Galaxyâ?Ts maiden flight, June 30, 1968.

Emergency responders are on the scene of a C-5 Galaxy crash today, April 3, 2006 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Emergency responders are on the scene of a C-5 Galaxy crash today, April 3, 2006 at Dover Air Force Base, Del.

A firefighter hoses down the crash site of a C-5 Galaxy. The aircraft crashed at 6:30 a.m. EDT, today, April 3, 2006, at Dover Air Force Base, Del., just south of the base flightline.

C-5 operations at Travis AFB, Calif.