C-17 Related Documents & Reports "Improving Wing -Level Logistics (Air Force Chief of Staff Logistics Review" RAND Project Air Force Publication (2005). "Beyond Close Air Support: Forging a New Air-Ground Partnership" RAND Project Air Force Publication (2005). "Lessons from Operation Iraqi Freedom." RAND Project Air Force Publication (2005). "The Peacetime Tempo of Air Mobility Operations: Meeting Demand and Maintaining Readiness." by Brian G. Chow, RAND Project Air Force Publication (2003). "C-17A: OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM Employment/Depolyment: Lessons Observed (This Ain't Your Daddy's Airlifter)." Michael R. Shanahan, Lt Col, USAF. (Air War College, Air University, 2003) "C-17 Background Information." Boeing FAQ (October 2003) "C-17 Airframe Specifications." Boeing FAQ (October 2003) "Tankers and Lifters for a Distant War." (Air Force Magazine, January 2002). "Air Mobility: the Key to the United States National Security Strategy." Air University Press, 2001 "C-17 Cargo Aircraft Program." (Congressional Research Service, March 2000). Basic history of development, appropriations, etc. Poised for the New Millennium: Global Reach of the Air Mobility Command - A Chronology. AMC Office of History, Scott AFB, IL (April 2001). Contains a good deal of C-17 history. "The Evolution of Air Mobility." (Air Force Magazine, February 1998).

C-17 News Items In bid to save C-17 line, Boeing proposes new ideas Defense Daily (14 June 2005) "C-17 makes first polar airdrop" AF News (13 April 2005) "Air Force newest cargo carrier prepares for Hawaii," Honolulu Star-Bulletin (23 March 2005) "Kona runway planned for new cargo jets," Honolulu Star-Bulletin (13 March 2005) "Boeing Begins Assembly on 1st USAF C-17 Based Outside Continental U.S.," Boeing News Release (21 March 2005) "Airlifts run out of Scott lighten convoys' load," StLouisToday.com (16 December 2004) "Boeing C-17 Becomes McGuire Air Force Base's First New Aircraft Since '60s," Boeing News Release (23 September 2004) "C-17 testers airdrop Army Stryker mobile gun system," AF New (19 August 2004) "C-17 Crew wins 2003 Mackay Trophy," AF News (26 March 2004) "U.S. Military Flies Large Cargo of Nuclear Gear Out of Libya" Wall Street Journal (28 January 2004) "Decorated McChord crew recounts enemy attack," 62 AW Public Affairs (6 January 2004) "C-17 Combat Training," Aviation Week & Space Technology (5 January 2004) "C-17 debuts in exercise," AF News (17 December 2003) "The Air Bridge: Taking Supplies to the Troops," New York Times (12 December 2003) "Workhorse in the Sky," The News Tribune (Tacoma, WA, 11 December 2003) "Boeing C-17 Awarded Highest CMMI Rating," Boeing news release (4 December 2003) "C-17 crews conduct historic airborne operation," AF News (27 March 2003)

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