Editing Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (section)

==Operators==
[[File:C-17 operators.svg|thumb|upright=2|Map of countries that operate the C-17 Globemaster III (highlighted in blue)]]
[[File:Pzh-2000 inside of a C-17.jpg|thumb|U.S. Air Force C-17 transporting a Dutch [[Panzerhaubitze 2000|PzH 2000]] self-propelled howitzer to Afghanistan, 2006]]
[[File:An RAF Chinook helicopter is loaded into a C-17 Globe master. MOD 45158747.jpg|thumb|A RAF [[CH-47 Chinook|Chinook]] helicopter is loaded into a C-17.]]
[[File:Medevac mission, Balad Air Base, Iraq.jpg|thumb|A C-17 in its aeromedical evacuation configuration]]
[[File:82nd Airborne paratroopers in a C-17.jpg|thumb|[[United States Army]] paratroopers seated in a C-17 as it maneuvers to a [[drop zone]] for a mass-attack airdrop]]
[[File:C-17 carrying passengers out of Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|A C-17 evacuating 823 passengers [[Operation Allies Refuge|out of Kabul]] on 15 August 2021]]
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; {{AUS}}
* [[Royal Australian Air Force]] – 8 C-17A ERs in service as of January 2018.<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref>{{cite web |title=Eighth and final RAAF C-17 delivered |work=Australian Aviation |url=http://australianaviation.com.au/2015/11/eighth-and-final-raaf-c-17-delivered/ |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=6 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117175754/http://australianaviation.com.au/2015/11/eighth-and-final-raaf-c-17-delivered/ |archive-date=17 November 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[No. 36 Squadron RAAF|No. 36 Squadron]]<ref name=raaf_newspaper_20060323>[http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/4804/topstories/story02.htm "Master plan for C-17s."] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060518063754/http://www.defence.gov.au/news/raafnews/editions/4804/topstories/story02.htm |date=18 May 2006}} ''Air Force News'', Volume 48, No. 4, 23 March 2006.</ref>
; {{CAN}}
* [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] – 5 CC-177 (C-17A ER) aircraft in use as of January 2025.<ref name="Military Balance 2025">{{cite book |title=The Military Balance |date=2025 |publisher=[[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] |isbn=978-1-041-04967-8}}</ref>{{rp|32}} <ref name=WAF_2018>{{cite web |last=Hoyle |first=Craig |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-world-air-forces-maintaining-strength-443655/ |title=World Air Forces 2018 |work=Flightglobal Insight |date=1 December 2017 |access-date=6 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202153055/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/analysis-world-air-forces-maintaining-strength-443655/ |archive-date=2 December 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
** [[No. 429 Squadron RCAF|429 Transport Squadron]], [[CFB Trenton]]<ref>[http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2389 "Canada's New Government Re-Establishes Squadron to Support C-17 Aircraft."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528224541/http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=2389 |date=28 May 2008}} Canadian Department of National Defence, 18 July 2007.</ref>
; {{IND}}
* [[Indian Air Force]] – 11 C-17s as of August 2019.<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref name="iaf-11-c17-dod.defense.gov"/>
** [[No. 81 Squadron IAF|No. 81 Squadron]] (''Skylords''), [[Hindon Air Force Station|Hindon AFS]]<ref name ="skylordform"/>
; {{KWT}}
* [[Kuwait Air Force]] – 2 C-17s as of January 2018<ref name=WAF_2018 />
; {{flagicon|European Union}} Europe
* The multi-nation [[NATO Strategic Airlift Capability|Strategic Airlift Capability]] [[Heavy Airlift Wing]] – 3 C-17s in service as of January 2018,<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref>[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=764 "Multinational Alliance's 1st Boeing C-17 Joins Heavy Airlift Wing in Hungary."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904150053/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=764 |date=4 September 2009}} Boeing, 27 July 2009.</ref> including 1 C-17 contributed by the USAF;<ref>[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=870 "3rd Boeing C-17 Joins 12-Nation Strategic Airlift Capability Initiative."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919085035/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=870 |date=19 September 2011}} Boeing, 7 October 2009.</ref> based at [[Pápa Air Base]], Hungary.
; {{QAT}}
* [[Qatar Emiri Air Force]] – 8 C-17As in use as of January 2018,<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref name="Purchase of Four C-17s">[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2015-06-15-Boeing-Qatar-Confirm-Purchase-of-Four-C-17s "Boeing, Qatar Confirm Purchase of Four C-17s."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720195027/http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2015-06-15-Boeing-Qatar-Confirm-Purchase-of-Four-C-17s |date=20 July 2015}} Boeing, 15 June 2015.</ref>
; {{UAE}}
* [[United Arab Emirates Air Force]] – 8 C-17As in operation as of January 2018<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref name="World Defence News">[http://worlddefencenews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/united-arab-emirates-announce-purchase.html "United Arab Emirates announce purchase of two C-17 airlifters and nine AW139 helicopters."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720215650/http://worlddefencenews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/united-arab-emirates-announce-purchase.html |date=20 July 2015}} ''World Defence News'', 26 February 2015.</ref>
; {{UK}}
* [[Royal Air Force]] – 8 C-17A ERs in use as of May 2021<ref name=WAF_2018 /><ref>Wall, Robert. [http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=defense&id=news/asd/2012/02/09/05.xml&headline=U.K.%20Adds%20Eighth%20C-17 "Aerospace Daily and Defense Report: U.K. Adds Eighth C-17."]{{Dead link|date=May 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''Aviation Week'', 9 February 2012. Retrieved: 10 February 2012.</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Globemaster (C-17) |url=https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/globemaster-c-17/ |access-date=13 August 2024 |website=[[Royal Air Force]]}}</ref>
** [[No. 24 Squadron RAF|No. 24 Squadron]], [[RAF Brize Norton]]<ref name=":1" />
** [[No. 99 Squadron RAF|No. 99 Squadron]], RAF Brize Norton<ref name=":1" />
; {{USA}}
* [[United States Air Force]] – 222 C-17s in service {{as of|2018|1|lc=on}}<ref name=WAF_2018 /> (157 Active, 47 Air National Guard, 18 Air Force Reserve)<ref name=AF_fact/>
** [[60th Air Mobility Wing]] – [[Travis Air Force Base]], California
*** [[21st Airlift Squadron]]
** [[62d Airlift Wing]] – [[McChord AFB]], Washington
*** [[4th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[7th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[8th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[10th Airlift Squadron]] – (2003–2016)
** [[305th Air Mobility Wing]] – [[McGuire Air Force Base]], New Jersey
*** [[6th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[385th Air Expeditionary Group]] – [[Al Udeid Air Base]], Qatar
*** [[816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron]]
** [[436th Airlift Wing]] – [[Dover Air Force Base]], Delaware
*** [[3d Airlift Squadron]]
** [[437th Airlift Wing]] – [[Charleston Air Force Base]], South Carolina
*** [[14th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[15th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[16th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[17th Airlift Squadron]] – (1993–2015)
** [[3d Wing]] – [[Elmendorf Air Force Base]], Alaska
*** [[517th Airlift Squadron]] (Associate)
** [[15th Wing]] – [[Hickam Air Force Base]], Hawaii
*** [[535th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[97th Air Mobility Wing]] – [[Altus AFB]], Oklahoma
*** [[58th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[412th Test Wing]] – [[Edwards AFB]], California
*** [[418th Flight Test Squadron]]
* [[Air Force Reserve]]
** [[315th Airlift Wing]] (Associate) – [[Charleston AFB]], South Carolina
*** [[300th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[317th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[701st Airlift Squadron]]
** [[349th Air Mobility Wing]] (Associate) – Travis AFB, California
*** [[301st Airlift Squadron]]
** [[445th Airlift Wing]] – [[Wright-Patterson AFB]], Ohio
*** [[89th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[446th Airlift Wing]] (Associate) – McChord AFB, Washington
*** [[97th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[313th Airlift Squadron]]
*** [[728th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[452d Air Mobility Wing]] – [[March ARB]], California
*** [[729th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[507th Air Refueling Wing]] – [[Tinker AFB]], Oklahoma
*** [[730th Air Mobility Training Squadron]] (Altus AFB)
** [[512th Airlift Wing]] (Associate) – Dover AFB, Delaware
*** [[326th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[514th Air Mobility Wing]] (Associate) – McGuire AFB, New Jersey
*** [[732d Airlift Squadron]]
** [[911th Airlift Wing]] – [[Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station]], Pennsylvania
*** [[758th Airlift Squadron]]
* [[Air National Guard]]
** [[105th Airlift Wing]] – [[Stewart ANGB]], New York
*** [[137th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[145th Airlift Wing]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.145aw.ang.af.mil/|title=Home of the 145th Airlift Wing|website=145aw.ang.af.mil|access-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422124321/https://www.145aw.ang.af.mil/|archive-date=22 April 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> – [[Charlotte Air National Guard Base]], North Carolina
*** [[156th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[154th Wing]] – Hickam AFB, Hawaii
*** [[204th Airlift Squadron]] (Associate)
** [[164th Airlift Wing]] – [[Memphis Air National Guard Base|Memphis ANGB]], Tennessee
*** [[155th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[167th Airlift Wing]] – [[Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base|Shepherd Field ANGB]], [[West Virginia]]
*** [[167th Airlift Squadron]]
** [[172d Airlift Wing]] – Allen C. Thompson Field ANGB, [[Mississippi]]
*** [[183d Airlift Squadron]]
** [[176th Wing]] – Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
*** [[144th Airlift Squadron]]