波音 C-17A“环球霸王”Ⅲ | 20150627164054

澳大利亚空军第36中队 C-17A 运输机在阿联酋迪拜艾尔明翰空军基地待命，为澳军在中东展开的一系列军事行动提供支持。C-17A 拥有三倍于 C-130 的承载能力，可在世界任何地方快速部署兵力，物资，作战车辆，重型设备和直升机。（A Royal Australian Air Force C-17A Globemaster III aircraft bound for Australia taxies toward the runaway at Australia’s Main Logistics Base in the Middle East. The Air Component Coordination Element Middle East Region (ACCE MER) provides coordination and tasking support to Headquarters Joint Task Force 633 for all aircraft assigned to Operation Accordion. ACCE supports all ADF operations in the Middle East including Operations Highroad, Okra, Manitou and Accordion. The C-17A Globemaster III, flown by 36 Squadron, provides the RAAF with an unprecedented capacity for strategic air lift. It allows Australia to rapidly deploy troops, supplies, combat vehicles, heavy equipment and helicopters anywhere in the world. It has three times the carrying capacity of the C-130 Hercules, and can carry up to 77 tonnes, ranging from an Abrams Tank, four Bushmaster vehicles, three Black Hawk helicopters, or be converted to an aero-medical evacuation capacity.）