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Air Force’s First C-17 Flies into Retirement

Frank Batteas was in the co-pilot's seat when the first Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flight test aircraft flew out of Edwards.
Frank Batteas, Associate Director for Flight Operations at NASA Dryden, was in the co-pilot's seat when the first Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flight test aircraft flew out of Edwards Air Force Base for retirement at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, OH, April 23.

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Frank Batteas, Associate Director for Flight Operations at NASA Dryden, was in the co-pilot’s seat when the first Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flight test aircraft flew out of Edwards Air Force Base for retirement at the National Museum of the Air Force in Dayton, OH, April 23.April 23, 2012
NASA Photo / Tony Landis