Check Six – 1975: YC-15 Testing at Edwards AFB
It happened #OTD, 26 Aug 1975, at #EdwardsAirForceBase#military #aviation #flighttest #history pic.twitter.com/yg5xSzeNJj
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The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 was a prototype four-engine short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical transport. It was McDonnell Douglas‘ entrant into the United States Air Force’s Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules as the USAF’s standard STOL tactical transport. In the end, neither the YC-15 nor the Boeing YC-14 was ordered into production, although the YC-15’s basic design would be used to form the successful McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III.
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