You Think the C-17 Is a Bad Boy?

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I Touna tnis article very interesting, as I have seen the "end of the line" for a few of the Air Force's inventory ["The C-17 Reaches the End of the Line,"November, p. 58]. However, here is where I take some exception to the article citing the merits of the C-17. "The C-17 was being asked to do things a giant airlifter had never done before, such as land on unimproved airstrips, land on short fields, taxi in a tight space and even back up on a runway, all while delivering superheavy, outsize cargo at strategic distances."