U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Colin McCready, 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintainer, inspects the wing of a C-17 Globemaster III during the Liberty Eagle Readiness Exercise at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, July 15, 2022. McCready is one of many maintainers from the 512th and 436th airlift wings who worked together during a simulated deployment to a forward operating base, located on Dover AFB, July 11-15, 2022. The purpose of this exercise was to validate both wings' ability to generate, employ and sustain airpower across the world in a contested and degraded operational environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ruben Rios)

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C-17 delivery scheduled for June

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. -- Dover Air Force Base's first C-17 Globemaster III, scheduled to arrive here June 4, rolled out of the paint hangar in Long Beach, Calif., April 18 with its new Dover tail flash. It's now being prepared for its first flight in early May. The C-17 is the first of 13 aircraft the base is scheduled to receive over the course of two years. The base will keep 18 of its original 36 C-5s. The wing's 326th Airlift Squadron will take on the C-17 mission. Their sister squadron, the 709th Airlift Squadron, will continue to fly the C-5. (Submitted photo)

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