The C-17 was a good addition to the airlift inventory as it filled the gap
between the C-130 and the C-141B. I nice theatre transport that seems to have
a good record.
Consider yourself lucky that you don't have any C-5s.
>
>I attended a conference on aviation medicine this week, held at Ramstein AB –
>a large transport hub in the Rheinland Pfalz region of Germany.
>
>I presented on training for spatial disorientation recognition and avoidance
>in pilots, but hung around for quite a bit of the medical stuff. It was more
>interesting than I had anticipated, although I needed to check my dictionary
>quite frequently: who would have known, for instance, that “pre-morbidic”
>meant “not yet diseased”? I think that military doctors make some of it up .
>. .
>
>Anyway, one of the highlights was a visit to a transport isolation system
>installed on a C17; this was designed after the Ebola outbreak when there were
>fears that some Americans might need evacuation after contact with such a
>serious disease. The aircraft apron was almost deserted (by USAF standards)
>but there were more aircraft on that apron than the UK has in total – we don’t
>have any C5s . . .
>
>There are 4 photos:
>
>http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796
><http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=19796>
>
>Chris
>
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