C-17 AirDrop, C-17 Facts

C-17 Globemaster IIIs from the 437th and 315th airlift wings drop cargo at a remote airfield during a strategic brigade airdrop exercise involving a 13-ship formation Dec. 18 from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. C-17s must be able to meet the Army’s goal of airdropping a brigade’s worth of troops and equipment (about 3,250 Soldiers and 3,450 tons of equipment). Charleston AFB aircraft currently account for half of the Air Force strategic brigade airdrop requirement