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C-17 Facts: Everything You Need To Know

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Largest Fuel Drop Ever

C-17 Fuel Drop, C-17 Facts
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft drops fuel containers over Forward Operating Base Waza Kwah in Paktika province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 29, 2011. The fuel resupplied soldiers with Task Force Currahee, 4th Brigade, 101st Airborne Division.
Master Sgt. Adrian Cadiz, U.S. Air Force

Nearly all of the Army’s air-transportable equipment such as a 69-ton M1 Abrams main battle tank, armored vehicles, trucks and trailers, as well as other cargo, is loaded onto the C-17 through a large aft ramp and door system. Additionally, the cargo floor has rollers that can be flipped from a flat floor, to accommodate wheeled or tracked vehicles, to rollerized conveyers to accommodate palletized cargo. The largest-ever refuel drop occurred recently when a C-17 dropped 120 bundles of fuel to a remote base in the Middle East.