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🇺🇸 C-17 Globemaster III
Air · Boeing (eski McDonnell Douglas), ABD · 1995
The C-17 Globemaster III is a four-jet strategic airlifter that carries ~77 t — including a main battle tank — across intercontinental distances yet still lands on short, austere runways; it single-handedly sustains the heavy logistics of a campaign.
Specifications
- Type: Heavy strategic/tactical transport aircraft
- Manufacturer / Origin: Boeing (formerly McDonnell Douglas) · USA
- Engine: 4 × Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, each ~180 kN (40,440 lbf) thrust
- Max takeoff weight: 265,350 kg (585,000 lb)
- Max payload: 77,500 kg (170,900 lb) — e.g. 1 × M1 Abrams tank
- Speed: Cruise ~830 km/h (450 knots, Mach 0.74); max ~833 km/h
- Range: ~4,450 km (with 160,000 lb load); empty ~11,500 km; unlimited with aerial refueling
- Dimensions: Length 53 m · wingspan 51.8 m · height 16.8 m
- Runway: Takeoff/landing from unpaved runway of 1,067 m (3,500 ft)
- Crew: 3 (2 pilots + 1 loadmaster)
- Service / Production: First flight 1991, service 1995; ~279 produced, production closed in 2015
Beats: C-130J Super Hercules (ABD/AB) — C-17 ~4 kat yük (77 t vs ~21 t) ve gerçek kıtalararası menzil taşır; taktik C-130J ana muharebe tankı taşıyamaz, A400M Atlas (Avrupa) — C-17'nin ~77 t faydalı yükü, A400M'in ~37 t'una karşı çok daha ağır; stratejik kütle taşımada üstün, Il-76 (Rusya) — C-17'nin F117 motorları, modern aviyoniği ve austere/kısa-pist + tank taşıma kabiliyeti, 1970'ler tasarımı Il-76'yı geçer
Loses to: An-124 Ruslan (Rusya/Ukrayna) — ~120 t yükle aşırı-boyutlu kargoda (negabarit) C-17'yi geride bırakır, C-5M Super Galaxy (ABD) — daha büyük gövde ve daha fazla yük hacmi; tek seferde daha fazla mühimmat/araç, A400M Atlas (Avrupa) — birim maliyeti C-17'ye göre belirgin düşük; daha ekonomik filo ölçeklendirme
The C-17 bridges strategic reach and tactical access: it hauls oversize armor between continents and then puts it down on a short dirt strip, something neither the C-130 nor most strategic jets can do. Production has ended, so the fleet is finite. As a large, unarmed aircraft it is a high-value, vulnerable target in contested airspace.
Related systems
Same manufacturer (Boeing (eski McDonnell Douglas), ABD): E-7T Barış Kartalı, AH-64 Apache, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Boeing E-3 Sentry, Boeing KC-46 Pegasus, EA-18G Growler, Quickstrike-ER
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
