Isn't she boo'ful?

Isn't she boo'ful?

Well, beauty can be in the eye of the beholder. But these lovely ladies can comfortably airlift troops, or an Abrams tank, or 60+ tonnes of humanitarian relief, anywhere they are needed in the world. They are C-17 Globemasters. Affectionately know in the RAAF as FJs - 'Fat Jets'.

The RAAF's first 2 have been delivered, 2 (and rumours of more) yet to be delivered. The only bad thing is we could use more of them. Trouble is that they run to A$250 million each, throw in a few engines and some spare tyres etc and the fleet the RAAF are getting will cost about $1.2 billion. It's all about Logistics.

"Amateurs talk Tactics, Professionals talk Logistics".

UPDATE 31Aug07: Absolutely Stunning pic of a C-17 here. (From Airliners.net and by Janne Laukkonen).