Military's newest cargo jet ready for action

Posted on: Jan. 25th, 2006 || Source: aimpoints.hq.af.mil | E-mail Article | Print Article

A C-17 Globemaster cargo jet that can carry a payload four times greater than the standard C-130 propeller plane has finished its final flight trials in Southern California, and it's ready to be the first stationed in Hawaii.

"The airplane feels really good," said Boeing pilot Joel Brown, who flew the 174-foot cargo and troop transport last week, in a news release.

The $202 million cargo jet, dubbed the "Spirit of Hawaii Ke Aloha," will be flown to Marine Corps Base Hawaii at Kaneohe Bay on Feb. 7 and be turned over to Hickam officials the following day.

The Globemaster is one of eight that will be assigned to the first active Air Force and Hawaii Air National Guard unit -- the first outside the mainland. It will be crewed by 150 members from both services.

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