According to US Air Forces in Europe officials, the C-17 dubbed “Spirit of Berlin” brought repeated expressions of amazement from its many visitors during the Berlin Air Show. It flew for spectators on opening day, then opened its crew door for visitors who gasped at the aircraft’s “cavernous interior,” wrote Air Force journalist MSgt. Chuck Roberts. The C-17 is assigned to the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston AFB, S.C.
An important U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS command and control plane was among the aircraft damaged in a March 27 Iranian missile and drone attack on Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia, people familiar with the matter told Air & Space Forces Magazine.