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    Airframe Family: McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III
    Latest Model:CC-177 Globemaster III
    Last Military Serial:177703 RCAF
    Construction Number:50187/F186/CA3
    Last Civil Registration:N9500N {1}
    Compressed ID:Boeing CC-177 sn 177703 RCAF cn 501...
    Latest Owner or Location:429 SQN, Trenton, Ontario, Canada

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-17A by Boeing at Long Beach, CA.

    To Boeing with new c/r N9500N {1}.
    Registered for flight test purposes.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 177703 as a CC-177.

    Transferred to 429 SQN, Trenton, Ontario, Canada.

    8 September 2013


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Photo taken at Koln - Bonn, Nordrhein - Westfalen, Germany

    17 July 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: departing RAF Fairford RIAT
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