page_title: Boeing C-17 Globemaster III
section_title: Operators
hierarchical_section_title: Boeing C-17 Globemaster III / Operators
caption_attribution_description: Pilots from the 535th Airlift Squadron from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, fly their C-17 Globemaster III during a local training mission Jan. 19, 2007 over the Hawaiian Islands. In February 2006, Hickam AFB received its first C-17.
context_page_description: The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft that was developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s by McDonnell Douglas. The C-17 carries forward the name of two previous piston-engined military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II. The C-17 commonly performs tactical and strategic airlift missions, transporting troops and cargo throughout the world; additional roles include medical evacuation and airdrop duties. It was designed to replace the Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, and also fulfill some of the duties of the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, freeing the C-5 fleet for outsize cargo.
  Boeing, which merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997, continued to manufacture C-17 aircraft after the merger. The transport is in service with the U.S. Air Force along with air arms of India, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, NATO Heavy Airlift Wing, and Kuwait. The final C-17 was completed at the Long Beach, California plant and flown on 29 November 2015.
context_section_description:  Australia
  Royal Australian Air Force – 8 C-17A ERs in service as of Jan. 2018.
  No. 36 Squadron
   Canada
  Royal Canadian Air Force – 5 CC-177 (C-17A ER) aircraft in use as of Jan. 2018.
  429 Transport Squadron, CFB Trenton
   India
  Indian Air Force – 11 C-17s as of Aug. 2019.
  No. 81 Squadron (Skylords), Hindon AFS
   Kuwait
  Kuwait Air Force – 2 C-17s as of Jan. 2018
   NATO
  NATO Strategic Airlift Capability Heavy Airlift Wing – 3 C-17s in service as of Jan. 2018, including 1 C-17 contributed by the USAF; based at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.
   Qatar
  Qatari Emiri Air Force – 8 C-17As in use as of Jan. 2018
   United Arab Emirates
  United Arab Emirates Air Force – 8 C-17As in operation as of Jan. 2018
   United Kingdom
  Royal Air Force – 8 C-17A ERs in use as of Jan. 2018
  No. 99 Squadron, RAF Brize Norton
   United States
  United States Air Force – 222 C-17s in service as of Jan. 2018 (157 Active, 47 Air National Guard, 18 Air Force Reserve)
  60th Air Mobility Wing – Travis Air Force Base, California
  21st Airlift Squadron
  62d Airlift Wing – McChord AFB, Washington
  4th Airlift Squadron
  7th Airlift Squadron
  8th Airlift Squadron
  10th Airlift Squadron - (2003–2016)
  305th Air Mobility Wing – Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey
  6th Airlift Squadron
  385th Air Expeditionary Group – Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar
  816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron
  436th Airlift Wing – Dover Air Force Base, Delaware
  3d Airlift Squadron
  437th Airlift Wing – Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina
  14th Airlift Squadron
  15th Airlift Squadron
  16th Airlift Squadron
  17th Airlift Squadron - (1993–2015)
  3d Wing – Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska
  517th Airlift Squadron (Associate)
  15th Wing – Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii
  535th Airlift Squadron
  97th Air Mobility Wing – Altus AFB, Oklahoma
  58th Airlift Squadron
  412th Test Wing – Edwards AFB, California
  418th Flight Test Squadron
  Air Force Reserve
  315th Airlift Wing (Associate) – Charleston AFB, South Carolina
  300th Airlift Squadron
  317th Airlift Squadron
  701st Airlift Squadron
  349th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) – Travis AFB, California
  301st Airlift Squadron
  445th Airlift Wing – Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
  89th Airlift Squadron
  446th Airlift Wing (Associate) – McChord AFB, Washington
  97th Airlift Squadron
  313th Airlift Squadron
  728th Airlift Squadron
  452d Air Mobility Wing – March ARB, California
  729th Airlift Squadron
  507th Air Refueling Wing – Tinker AFB, Oklahoma
  730th Air Mobility Training Squadron (Altus AFB)
  512th Airlift Wing (Associate) – Dover AFB, Delaware
  326th Airlift Squadron
  514th Air Mobility Wing (Associate) – Joint Base McGuire–Dix–Lakehurst, New Jersey
  732d Airlift Squadron
  911th Airlift Wing – Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania
  758th Airlift Squadron
  Air National Guard
  105th Airlift Wing – Stewart ANGB, New York
  137th Airlift Squadron
  145th Airlift Wing – Charlotte Air National Guard Base, North Carolina
  156th Airlift Squadron
  154th Wing – Hickam AFB, Hawaii
  204th Airlift Squadron (Associate)
  164th Airlift Wing – Memphis ANGB, Tennessee
  155th Airlift Squadron
  167th Airlift Wing – Shepherd Field ANGB, West Virginia
  167th Airlift Squadron
  172d Airlift Wing – Allen C. Thompson Field ANGB, Mississippi
  183d Airlift Squadron
  176th Wing – Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
  144th Airlift Squadron
caption: A training mission in 2007 over the Hawaiian Islands with one of Hickam AFB's first C-17
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