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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
    Latest Model:C-17A Lot IX Globemaster III
    Last Military Serial:97-0045 USAF
    Construction Number:50049
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-17A Lot IX sn 97-0045 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Air Force

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-17A Lot IX by Boeing at Long Beach, CA.

    Circa 1997

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 97-0045.

    2000


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Ottawa International Airport.

    27 May 2000


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-17A Globemaster of the 437th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB on display at the 2000 RAF Mildenhall Air Fete.

    21 July 2017


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: At Charlotte Douglas Airport (KCLT)

    22 June 2024


    Photographer: Robert Bryden
    Notes: 105 AW NYANG Stewart AFB at CFB Bagotville QC

    22 June 2024


    Photographer: Robert Bryden
    Notes: 105 AW NYANG Stewart AFB at CFB Bagotville QC

    22 June 2024


    Photographer: Robert Bryden
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