Globemaster III
Subtitle: acquiring the C-17
By: Betty Raab Kennedy
Contributors: United States. Air Mobility Command. Office of History
Publisher: Air Mobility Command, Office of History
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Scott Air Force Base, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Subjects: C-17 (Jet transport); History; Military Jet planes; Military Airlift
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt.I. Antecedent; title: Prelude, legacy of the AMST [Advanced medium short-takeoff-and-landing-transport], 1970-1979; title: pt.II. The C-17 amidst politics and national defense; title: Genesis, laying the C-X foundations, 1979-1980; title: Uncertainty, is there a C-17?, 1981-1988; title: Definitely iffy, the crisis and beyond, 1989-2001; title: Epilogue: above the clouds.