DOD needs more C-17s to eliminate airlift shortfall, AMC commander says
The Defense Dept. needs 170 to 180 Boeing C-17s, compared with the 134 it is authorized to buy, so it can eliminate a shortfall in airlift capability, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Robertson, the head of U.S. Transportation Command. Robertson said during a hearing of the Senate Armed...
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