Almost All C-17 Landings Since 1997 Could Have Been Done by C-5s, Gates Says
STRAIGHT APPROACH: Of the 200,000 landings made by Boeing C-17s since 1997, less than 4% were in places that were not accessible to the Lockheed Martin C-5, according to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The secretary offered the statistic June 16 to Senate defense appropriators as part of the...
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