C-17S FLY LONG-RANGE AIR DROP MISSION
Two U.S. Air Force C-17s completed the first strategic air drop from this model transport by flying 147 Army Rangers nonstop from Ft. Benning, Ga., to Egypt for a mass parachute drop. The aircraft flew recently from Lawson Army Airfield (Ga.) to a drop zone near Cairo (loading troops photo center...
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