A41-208 Heading Our Way, AIR FORCE ACCEPTS ITS THIRD GLOBEMASTER

[Brendan Cowan]

From Defence today................

CPA 501/07 Wednesday, 19 December 2007

AIR FORCE ACCEPTS ITS THIRD GLOBEMASTER

Air Force will receive a boost to airlift capability in early 2008 with the delivery of Australia’s third and fourth Boeing C-17A Globemaster III aircraft.

Commander Air Lift Group, Air Commodore Jack Plenty, formally accepted the third Globemaster for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during a ceremony at Boeing’s C-17 plant in Long Beach, California on Tuesday, 18 December 2007.

This aircraft will spend the New Year period being fitted with defensive countermeasure equipment before delivery to Australia in early February.

Air Force will accept its fourth Globemaster in mid-January. It is due for delivery to Australia in early March.

AIRCDRE Jack Plenty said the Globemaster is a quantum leap in airlift capability for the RAAF.

“The Globemaster has undergone a rapid acceptance into RAAF service, but already the first two aircraft are more than pulling their weight in support of ADF tasks at home and abroad,” AIRCDRE Plenty said.

“Disaster relief was one of the reasons we purchased this aircraft, and last month a C-17 supplied 14 pallets of aid relief at short notice into Port Moresby as part of Operation PNG Assist, following Cyclone Guba.

“Our Globemaster capability will keep growing in 2008, not just in the number of aircraft and crews we have at 36 Squadron, but also in the roles we deliver.”

This will include the airborne delivery of cargo, as well as aero-medical evacuation, where the Globemaster can be configured to carry 36 stretcher patients.

The Globemaster is operated by No. 36 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley at Ipswich.

It is capable of carrying more than 70 tonnes of cargo, or up to three Black Hawk helicopters, a single Chinook helicopter, or five Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAVs).

Media note: Still images of the third C-17’s acceptance ceremony are available at http://www.defence.gov.au/media/download/

Media contact:
Defence Media Liaison: 02 6265 3343 or 0408 498 664

[Brendan Cowan]

If you check out the pictures from Defence closely, you will note that A41-209 is looking pretty close to ready in the background too.

:rolleyes:

BC

[Brendan Cowan]

Darren,

We can update the C-17 page with the two serials A41-208 and A410-209 confirmed.

:D

BC

[Brendan Cowan]

Here's 208

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[Brendan Cowan]

.... and 209

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[Warhawk]

A further further update

Line numbers F183 and F184

Gordy B)

[Brendan Cowan]

Good Pickup Gordy,

(And nice shades too!).

:lol:

BC

[penders]

Amberleys hardstand already looks crowded with 2 C17's.....I cant imagine them squeezing in too many more. I think they will eventually end up were 38 SQN is. :)

This post has been edited by penders on Dec 20 2007, 04:27 PM

[Warhawk]

Yay Penders, and closer to the support Battalion located near by.

Just wonder where the new 38Sqn C-27Js are going to be parked? If ever ordered.
Best
Gordy :o

[Andy Marden]

On the subject of line numbers, does anyone know the number of A41-207 please?
A41-206 is F166.
Regards,
Andy Marden

[Demon50]

Hi Andy

I had a look at Joe Baugher's site and saw that the USAF serials were listed as 06-0206/209 inclusive - ie 06-0206 is the RAAF's A41-206. However, A41-207 has also been reported as 07-0207.

In regard to line numbers I have seen A41-206 being listed as P-166 and A41-207 as P-167.

[Martin Edwards]

I was talking (off the record of course) to a mate who is in the army converting to the Abrahams tank and he sort of hinted that they really need 5 C-17s to have useful tank operational mobility. Wonder if they will get the fifth.