With sinuous lines , unflawed grey pelt , and four powerful turbofan engine directly out of a modern-day sci - fi motion picture , the iconic C-17 Globemaster has a surprisingly spacious outside , with a 170,858 pound maximum shipment . Inside , it ’s a total mess of cable’s length , wires , pipes , and one C of gadgets that the mean admirer can hardly see through .
TheBoeing C-17 Globemaster IIIis the second largest military transport aircraft made in the United States , after the mighty Lockheed C-5 Galaxy . Thanks to the Strategic Airlift CapabilityHeavy Airlift Wing(SAC HAW ) at the Pápa Air Base , Hungary , I had the chance to see the fifth largest military cargo aircraft of the world very closely , during the open day held on this Saturday .
The following photo essay shows you all the delicious details that many people might not realize even be in these airplanes . Some serious aircraft pornography follows , so please fasten your seat knock .
Here ’s a bit more about HAW , which is an sovereign partnership between 12 countries and is based in Hungary . The coalition owns and operate several C-17 Globemasters :
The HAW is the operational limb of the multinational Strategic Airlift Capability program ( SAC ) , and operate three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III long - range load super C providing strategical military airlift capableness to the 12 member nations of SAC ( Hungary , Bulgaria , Estonia , Lithuania , the Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Romania , Slovenia and the United States and NATO Partnership for Peace nations Finland and Sweden ) .
The HAW flew its first missions in the July 2009 and ever since its C-17 fleet has achieved over 13.000 flying hours on over 940 missionary station , give up over 89 million pound ( over 40.000 tons ) of cargo and transmit over 52.000 passengers . The HAW can respond to a wide selection of airlift need . It can supply lift capability to patronize EU , NATO or UN operation or national military , peacekeeping and humanitarian ease operations wherever and whenever needed by the 12 nations .
HAW commission can contain multiple tasks such as air refueling , individual ship airdrop , assault landings and all - weather surgical operation day or night into low to medium threat environment using Night Vision Goggles . In 2014 , the Strategic Airlift Capability Heavy Airlift Wing celebrates its 5th year of flight surgical process . During its five years of operations HAW has fend for a kind of military and peacekeeping operation mental process admit International Security Assistance Force ( ISAF ) in Afghanistan ( 2009 – ) , NATO operations in Libya ( 2011 ) and UN approved training and peacekeeping operations in Mali ( 2013- ) and in the Republic of Central Africa ( 2014- ) . The most significant humanitarian mathematical process supported include earthquake relief in Haiti ( 2010 ) and flowage relief in Pakistan ( 2010 ) . ( Source )
Have you ever been inside a C-17 or another cargo airplane ? Tell us below !
( Photos : Attila Nagy / Gizmodo )
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