Joint Base Charleston in South Carolina carried out the launch of 24 US Air Force (USAF)-operated Boeing C-17A Globemaster IIIs on January 5 – the largest mass launch of the type from a single base – as part of a mission generation exercise that the air arm claims involved almost 60 aircraft.
USAF performs largest mass C-17A launch in joint force exercise
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