C-17 Globemaster III delivery 130530
Senior Airman Jay O’Neil, and Airman 1st Class Matthew Taresh, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, perform the first recovery and maintenance checks on a new C-17 Globemaster III delivered May 30, 2013, to Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The C-17 was piloted by Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, Air Mobility Command vice commander. Joint Base Charleston is scheduled to receive the final C-17 later this year, as Boeing completes work on the Air Force’s last Globemaster. The first C-17 to enter the Air Force’s inventory arrived at Charleston Air Force Base in June 1993. The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)