Editing Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (section)

===Qatar===
[[File:Boeing C-17A Globemaster III Qatar Emiri Air Force A7-MAE - MSN F252 QA4 (10101360223).jpg|thumb|Qatar Emiri Air Force C-17]]

Boeing delivered Qatar's first C-17 on 11 August 2009 and the second on 10 September 2009 for the [[Qatar Emiri Air Force]].<ref>Drelling, Jerry and Lorenzo Cortes. [http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=832 "Boeing Delivers Qatar's 2nd C-17 Globemaster III."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916041418/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=832 |date=16 September 2009}} ''Boeing'', 10 September 2009.</ref> Qatar received its third C-17 in 2012, and fourth C-17 was received on 10 December 2012.<ref name="Boeing">{{cite web |url= http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2522 |title= Boeing delivers Qatar Emiri Air Force's 4th C-17 Globemaster III |publisher= Boeing |date= 10 December 2012 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130128142052/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=2522 |archive-date= 28 January 2013 |url-status= live}}</ref> In June 2013, ''The New York Times'' reported that Qatar was allegedly using its C-17s to ship weapons from [[Libya]] to the [[Syrian opposition]] during the [[Syrian Civil War|civil war]] via [[Turkey]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/world/africa/in-a-turnabout-syria-rebels-get-libyan-weapons.html?ref=world&_r=0 |work=The New York Times |first1=C. J. |last1=Chivers |first2=Eric |last2=Schmitt |first3=Mark |last3=Mazzetti |title=In Turnabout, Syria Rebels Get Libyan Weapons |date=21 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724184924/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/world/africa/in-a-turnabout-syria-rebels-get-libyan-weapons.html?ref=world&_r=0 |archive-date=24 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 15 June 2015, it was announced at the Paris Airshow that Qatar agreed to order four additional C-17s from the five remaining "white tail" C-17s to double Qatar's C-17 fleet.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.janes.com/article/52269/paris-air-show-qatar-to-double-c-17-fleet |work=IHS Jane's 360 |first1=J. |last1=Binnie |title=Paris Air Show: Qatar to double C-17 fleet |date=15 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621061512/http://www.janes.com/article/52269/paris-air-show-qatar-to-double-c-17-fleet |archive-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> One Qatari C-17 bears the civilian markings of government-owned [[Qatar Airways]], although the airplane is owned and operated by the Qatar Emiri Air Force.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |date=2009-08-12 |title=PICTURE: Gulf state's second C-17 gets Qatar Airways livery |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/picture-gulf-states-second-c-17-gets-qatar-airways-livery/88396.article |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=Flight Global}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-10 |title=Boeing Delivers Qatar's 2nd C-17 Globemaster III |url=https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2009-09-10-Boeing-Delivers-Qatars-2nd-C-17-Globemaster-III |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=[[Boeing]] Mediaroom}}</ref> The head of Qatar's airlift selection committee, Ahmed Al-Malki, said the paint scheme was "to build awareness of Qatar's participation in operations around the world."<ref name=":0" />