Staff Sgt. Joshua Nettles: So my role here as a C-17 loadmaster is to load these aircraft, and we want to ensure the weight and balance. We are the most busy as loadmasters on the ground.
The basic crew of a C-17, there's three of us. There's a pilot, a copilot, and one loadmaster. So, my role here as a C-17 loadmaster is to load these aircraft, whether it be helicopters ...
Kelly experienced firsthand what it’s like to fly in a C-17 when she joined the U.S. Air Force on a training mission, taking to the skies with the 15th Wing at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam! The ...
The C-17 Globemaster III is powered by four Pratt ... it only needs a crew of three — two pilots and one loadmaster — to operate. Considering the Globemaster III can take off and land ...
Three (two pilots and one loadmaster) Load: 102 troops/paratroops; 36 litter and 54 ambulatory patients and attendants; 170,900 pounds (77,519 kilograms) of cargo (18 pallet positions) The C-17 ...