Image Gallery: December 2007
Third C-17 set for delivery
19 December 2007
Air Force accepted its third C-17A Globemaster III during a ceremony at Boeing’s plant in Long Beach California on Tuesday 18 December.
This aircraft will spend the New Year period being fitted with defensive countermeasure equipment before delivery to Australia in early February.
The Globemaster provides a quantum leap in airlift capability for the Air Force.
| slf07-00869-008 Air Commodore Jack Plenty (third from left) and Air Commodore Graham Bentley (fifth from left) with Jean Chamberlin from Boeing (fourth from left) after the acceptance ceremony for Australia's third Globemaster. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| slf07-00869-017 Air Commodore Jack Plenty and other RAAF personnel with Australia's third Globemaster. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| slf07-00869-019 Jean Chamberlin (Boeing) and Air Commodore Jack Plenty in the cockpit of Australia's third C-17. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| slf07-00869-026 Australia's third Globemaster at Long Beach, California. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| slf07-00869-103 Australia's third Globemaster at Long Beach California. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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| SLF07-00869-112 Australia's third Globemaster (right of frame) with the fourth Globemaster which will be formally accepted by Australia in January 2008. (Date taken: 18 December 2007) Low Res | High Res |
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