X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress


Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress

The XC-108A was used to fly material and personnel over the Himalayas to the B-29 base in Chengdu, China.

C108

Boeing C-108 Flying Fortress, the designation of four United States B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber


C127

Boeing C-127, a designation for a proposed, large, turboshaft -driven transport aircraft to have been built in the early 1950s by the United States

Livingston L. Holder, Jr.

Under his leadership AirLaunch achieved several technical milestones including the largest and heaviest object ever dropped from a C-17 and the largest and longest Vapor Pressurized rocket engine firings in history.

Pamela Melroy

Upon her graduation, she was assigned to the C-17 Combined Test Force, where she served as a test pilot until her selection for the astronaut program.

Role of Georgia in the Iraq War

On August 10–11, 2008, 16 C-17 Globemasters shuttled around 2,000 Georgian soldiers and supplies back to Georgia, drawing a sharp protest from Russia.


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