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Air Force Reserve to get C-17s at Wright-Patt

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WASHINGTON --  The Air Force will begin next year replacing 10 C-5 Galaxy aircraft with eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

The secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff approved the change March 12.

Air Force officials anticipate that the first four C-17s will arrive at the Air Force Reserve Command unit in fiscal 2011 after five of the C-5s are retired from service. They expect delivery of four more of newer aircraft in FY 2012 after the remaining C-5s are retired. (Air Force Reserve Command News Service)