C-17 Globemaster Pilot Maj. Johnathan Zito with the 15th Airlift Squadron, "Global Eagles", Joint Base Charleston pulls in behind a KC-135 Stratotanker with the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md. to receive fuel off the east coast of Florida, July 12, 2012. The maximum payload of the C-17 is 170,900 lb and its Maximum Takeoff Weight is 585,000 lb. With a payload of 160,000 lb and an initial cruise altitude of 28,000 ft, the C-17 has an unrefueled range of about 2,400 nautical miles on the first 71 aircraft, and 2,800 nautical miles on all subsequent extended-range models that include sealed center wing bay as a fuel tank.
Master Sgt. Jeremy Lock
Taken on 12 July 2012
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