Chucky
03-07-2006, 06:07 PM
C-17 Reaches Milestone (http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_005090.php)
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE: After only 15 years in commission, the C-17 Globemaster fleet will reach its one millionth flying hour this month – the equivalent of one aircraft flying every minute of every day for more than 114 years without stopping.
A crew of U.S. and British Royal Air Force members will fly a representative mission March 19 to help commemorate the milestone.
No one in Air Mobility Command or at Boeing anticipated reaching this milestone so soon. According to AMC’s Tanker Airlift Control Center, the C-17 has flown 59 percent, or about 358,000 additional hours, more since Sept. 11, 2001, than was originally scheduled.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_005090.php
SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE: After only 15 years in commission, the C-17 Globemaster fleet will reach its one millionth flying hour this month – the equivalent of one aircraft flying every minute of every day for more than 114 years without stopping.
A crew of U.S. and British Royal Air Force members will fly a representative mission March 19 to help commemorate the milestone.
No one in Air Mobility Command or at Boeing anticipated reaching this milestone so soon. According to AMC’s Tanker Airlift Control Center, the C-17 has flown 59 percent, or about 358,000 additional hours, more since Sept. 11, 2001, than was originally scheduled.
http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_005090.php