Neat photo, Jeff, and I got to wondering about the numbers of C-17s out there. It's interesting that C-17 users are one triple digit (US) and several single digit users.
USAF 200+, RAAF 5, RCAF, 4, RAF 8, and various others (Quatar, UAE, etc.) including India expecting to buy 10.
To drag in some C-17 history, I noticed the chap in the proper flying kit of a leather jacket among all the growbag wearers here on a very historic date, with a RAF, USAF and RAAF C-17 trio (my emphasis bold):
Quote:
Date 4 June 2007
The 301st Airlift Squadron (U.S. Air Force), 99 Squadron, Royal Air Force, and 36 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, C-17 flight crews and aircraft maintenance personnel assemble in front of their C-17s on the flightline at Royal Air Force Brize Norton, United Kingdom, June 4. In the front row are the squadron commanders: Lt. Col. Stephen Rickert, 301st Airlift Squadron commander; Wing Commander John Gladston, 99 Squadron commander; and Wing Commander Linda Corbould, 36 Squadron commander, along with Col. Lloyd Neblett, retired commander of the 301st Troop Carrier Squadron, predecessor to the 301st. The crews met for the first time as sister squadrons, re-establishing a relationship with the British that goes back to World War II.
Larger image here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... s_2007.jpgThe original ref is to the 36
th Squadron RAAF - should be 36 Squadron. And looking at the high res, I think we have one Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Navigator (rolled-up sleeves arms folded) as well as the USAF, RAAF and RAF people. But I'm afraid those people improperly dressed on airfield on the left as army types are probably RAAF. It's a bad habit that's growing.
Regards,
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