The Air Force's C-17 transport fleet surpassed two million total flying hours on Dec. 10, 2010, during the airdrop mission of one C-17 in Afghanistan, according to Air Forces Central officials. The Air Force has been operating C-17s since 1993; the fleet size now stands at 205 airframes. Here, SSgt. Paul Trowbridge (l) and SSgt. Jason Fatjo, C-17 loadmasters, watch bundles of fuel parachute towards the ground during the historic mission.
Air Force photo by SSgt. Christopher Boitz
