Boeing Delivers 11th C-17 Globemaster III Transport Aircraft to the Indian Air Force

[RPK]

Boeing has been maintaining IAF’s C-17 fleet through techno-logistics support and training for aircrew that operate the platform.

Boeing has delivered the 11th C-17 Globemaster III to the Indian Air Force India’s adding capability to meet current and future strategic airlift requirements.

Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III is a premier transporter for military, humanitarian and peacekeeping missions. The massive, sturdy, long-haul aircraft can carry large combat equipment, troops and humanitarian aid across long distances, directly to austere airfields anywhere in the world, in all weather conditions.

The C-17 fleet has been a vital part of the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) strategic and combat airlift capability. The IAF C-17s have performed a wide range of operations in military missions, and provided peacekeeping support, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in India and internationally, since induction to the Sky Lords squadron in 2013.

Boeing has been maintaining IAF’s C-17 fleet through techno-logistics support and training for aircrew that operate the platform. The C-17 fleet has maintained high serviceability rates since its induction. The company is responsible for maintenance, field support services, modifications and upgrades, technical manual support and logistics engineering services. Boeing’s C-17 Simulator Training Center, established in 2016, provides training services to the IAF, and has completed over 5100 hours of training for aircrew and loadmasters. The Center has also maintained a serviceability state of nearly 100 percent since its inception.
With this delivery, there are 275 operable Boeing-built C-17s around the globe. Boeing plans to sustain them to ensure they meet the mission at hand.

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[Archie]

India would have liked to get at least 6-7 more of C17s so as to ensure a 1 to 1 replacement for their IL76 Heavy lifters , which will begin retirement in 2026.

However given the fact that IL76 hardly average 50% readiness with only 8-9 aircraft out of 17 available for operation at any point of time ,
while C17 fleet with it's 80% availability and 50% more loading capacity , even a fleet of 11 should be more than enough to exceed the lifting capacity of our 1980s IL76 Gajrajs squadron

 

[Yaseen1]

u.s is earning good money from indians who are living in poverty and fulfilling western interests by creating instability in the region so west earn money by sucking blood of poor indians in bthe form of weapons sale

 

[Abu Shaleh Rumi]

Great! Now Indians got more machines to transport fugly homocows to Kashmir...