{"id":445340,"date":"2026-06-04T07:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/aircraft-set-to-replace-iconic-c-17-globemaster-usaf\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:30:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:30:19","slug":"the-aircraft-set-to-replace-the-iconic-c-17-globemaster-in-us-air-force-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=445340","title":{"rendered":"The Aircraft Set To Replace The Iconic C\u201117 Globemaster In US Air Force Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 30 years, the <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"60363\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/boeing\/\"  >Boeing<\/a><\/span><span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"258749\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/c-17-globemaster\/\"  >C-17 Globemaster<\/a><\/span> III has stood at the center of <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"306101\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/united-states-air-force\/\"  >United States Air Force<\/a><\/span> global mobility. Whether delivering tanks and helicopters into austere airstrips, evacuating civilians from crisis zones, or rushing humanitarian aid across continents, the aircraft has become a visual shorthand for American airlift power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the C-141 Starlifter to the C-17 Globemaster III, the USAF&#8217;s airlift capabilities have evolved over time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,398,853,412,423,1328],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-445340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-boeing","category-c-17-globemaster","category-military","category-united-states","category-united-states-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=445340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":445342,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/445340\/revisions\/445342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=445340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=445340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=445340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}