Washington: The United States has described India's proposed purchase of 10 Boeing C-17 Globemaster heavy-lift transport aircraft in a $ 4.1 billion deal as indicative of growing military and humanitarian ties between the two countries. The deal announced during President Barack Obama's India visit "will double the value of US-Indian defence trade and provide the Indian Air Force with a strategic airlift and humanitarian response capability that, frankly, is unique...
The American C-17 Globemaster is the mainstay of its airlift operations in all theatres of conflict. ...