Editing Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (section)

===Proposed operators===
In 2015, New Zealand's Minister of Defence, [[Gerry Brownlee]], was considering the purchase of two C-17s for the [[Royal New Zealand Air Force]] at an estimated cost of $600 million as a heavy air transport option.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11433122|title=Two new Boeing C-17s to cost NZDF $600m|date=15 April 2015|work=The New Zealand Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305001810/http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11433122|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live|last1=Davison|first1=Isaac}}</ref> However, the New Zealand Government eventually decided not to acquire the C-17.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cowlishaw|first1=Shane|title=Plans to replace Defence Force's 'rusting' Hercules fleet fails to get lift off|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74849069/Plans-to-replace-Defence-Forces-rusting-Hercules-fleet-fails-to-get-lift-off|work=stuff|date=13 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005075148/http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74849069/Plans-to-replace-Defence-Forces-rusting-Hercules-fleet-fails-to-get-lift-off|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Consideration of a C-17 Air Transport Capability|url=http://www.defence.govt.nz/reports-publications/consideration-of-c17-capability.html|publisher=New Zealand Ministry of Defence|access-date=9 July 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813024634/http://www.defence.govt.nz/reports-publications/consideration-of-c17-capability.html|archive-date=13 August 2016}}</ref>