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Old 20th Jul 2020, 13:39
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Willard Whyte
 
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Not sure if or why it's referred to as a C-17A in RAF service. Boeing and the USAF just use C-17 and the proposed B version remained just that.

Edit: I've just seen reference to C-17A in American transcripts, perhaps the Americans dropped the 'A' when production ceased with just the one variant produced.

RAF designations have caused confusion in the past. I remember speaking to a somewhat perplexed defence attaché when trying to get last minute dip clearances for a Nimrod R1, Sentinel R1, and Shadow R1; he wondered why the same aircraft had three different names!

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