Australian Airborne Ops.

No 049 Basic Parachute Course strapped into a RAAF C-17 Globemaster waiting for take off to participate in their first descent. 

Private Eric Egginton waiting for the command to "GO" from the jump master to be the first student to jump from a RAAF C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft.

Commanding Officer of Parachute Training School HMAS ALBATROSS, Lieutenant Colonel Simon Bonativa is first to jump out of a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft during a parachute training exercise on the HMAS ALBATROSS airfield

Personnel from Parachute Training School, HMAS ALBATROSS, comprising of both staff and trainees, conduct static line parachute training with a Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, as operated by 36 Squadron, RAAF BASE AMBERLEY.

Australian AF C-17 rough field landing.

Many A-400 proponents tout its rough field landing capability as the reason for being when it comes to choosing it over the C-17 despite the difference in cost being only 8-10 million dollars.

The Australians though seem quite pleased with the C-17's ability in the rough.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster on approach to Multinational Base Tarin Kowt.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster lands on the dusty airstrip of Multinational Base Tarin Kowt.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster lands on the dusty airstrip of Multinational Base Tarin Kowt.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster takes off from the Multinational Base Tarin Kowt with its heavy load of cargo.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster banks for home with its payload of cargo from Tarin Kowt, Afghanistan.

A Royal Australian Air Force C-17 Globemaster takes off from the Multinational Base Tarin Kowt with its heavy load of cargo.