HEAVY TRANSPORT - A USAF 🇺🇸 C-17A Globemaster III lifting of from Ramstein Air Base, Germany! The C-17 can carry up to 170,900 pounds, so around 77,519kg. If tge C-17 is empty this beast can fly up to 11,540km, so 6,230 nautical miles. If she needs to go longer with additional payload, she can always refuel midair! Truly a unique aircraft and the backbone of the United States Air Force. • • • #Aviation #Avgeek #Aviation4u #planespotting #aviationworld #Airplane #C17 #C17A #C17AGlobemasterIII #

A decorated Colonel, all polish and fury, cornered a quiet old man in an air base terminal, thinking silence was weakness. He demanded the man move, believing his rank was the only authority that mattered. He was about to learn that some ghosts still wear faded flannel. You ever been in one of those places that feels like the whole world is holding its breath, just waiting to go somewhere else? That’s what an air base terminal is like. And over at Ramstein, on this one particular day, the air wa