Pilot and co-pilot together with a single loadmaster form the basic crew of a C-17. The cockpit is large and roomy as shown here on a simulator with the instrument panel dominated by head-up displays (the first on a transport aircraft) and CRTs providing a range of information. Fighter-like control sticks are another unique feature.

C-17 рассчитан на экипаж из трех человек: двух пилотов и руководителя погрузочно-разгрузочных работ, рабочее место которого находится в специальной автоматизированной рубке у правого борта в передней части фюзеляжа. По износу кабины этого самолета британских ВВС можно судить о напряженности его службы. Британские C-17 служили в Ираке и Афганистане, а также оказывали поддержку группам самолетов Typhoon на Фолклендских островах.

For such a large aircraft the C-17 is remarkably agile and can operate out of short runways and unprepared airstrips. Its short-field capability is due in part to the extra lift generated by the jet lift when the flaps are deflected. C-17 ZZ171 of 99 Sqn is about to carry out a practice short field landing using just half the width and a few hundred feet of Brize Norton's runway.

Flight deck of the C-17A Globemaster III (1996)

Кабина экипажа самолета C-17A

A C-17A Globemaster III aircrew assigned to the 3rd Airlift Squadron, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, conducts aerial refuelling training with a KC-46A Pegasus on March 22, 2019.

Cargo hold of the Boeing C-17A, looking forward (1997)

Although the RAF mainly capitalises on the C-17’s cavernous cargo hold to carry bulky and heavy loads into Iraq and Afghanistan, it might invest in palletised seating when the two extra aircraft enter service later this year. This will enable up to 150 passengers to be carried. The C-17 can also be equipped for medical evacuation, with 36 stretchers.

Варианты загрузки C-17: слева - пять бронетранспортеров LAV-25, справа - 103 пехотинца

Продовольствие для курдов в грузовой кабине американского C-17

The smart new cargo hold which has yet to show the ravages of service life.

The interior cargo hold of a C-17 with the wing centre fuel tank visible

A US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III transported Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne from its Long Beach, California, manufacturing site to Spaceport Cornwall

Loadmasters check bundles of ammunition and weapons are secured to the cargo hold floor.

Different sized cargo bundles loaded and secured on the cargo ramp.

Loadmasters chain down a heavy truck using the eyelets embedded within the aircraft's cargo hold floor.

This shot depicts how tightly packed the C-17 cargo hold can be, in this case with five Foxhound armoured patrol vehicles.

A heavy container plunges from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III during an airdrop using the container delivery system.

Disassembled, an RAF Chinook fills the cargo hold. Note the dismantled rotor hubs, gearboxes and rotor pylons in the forefront of the photo.

The first Italian Army NH90 arrived at Herat on August 18, 2010 onboard a US air Force C-17A.

Airmen offload an HH-60G Pave Hawk from a C-17 Globemaster III at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. This shot was taken at the end of May 2015 by which time US Air Force airlift aircraft had delivered 19,900 short tons of cargo throughout Afghanistan.

Airmen load cargo onto a C-17A Globemaster III at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

Loadmasters load bundles of ammunition and weapons on the dangerous cargo area, mid-field at RAF Brize Norton.

Major Justin Reis, of the 59th Medical Wing based at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, leads a team attending to a patient in a simulated medical emergency aboard a US Air Force C-17A enroute to Fairchild AFB, Washington.

Members of a USAF medical team exit a C-17A Globemaster III - serial 10-0223 (c/n 50261) - at Ramstein Air Base, following the first operational employment of the TIS.