c-17 globemaster iii transport aircraft crashes at elmendorf afb alaska just three days before arctic thunder air show. a c-17 globemaster iii transport aircraft assigned to joint base elmendorf-richardson (its official name) in alaska …

// end --> c-17 crashes outside of elmendorf afb, ak i normally don't do prayer requests, mainly because i'm not very religious, but i know that many of you are so i ask that you keep the military men and women who may have been affected by this, and their families, in your thoughts. this happened about an hour ago, i know a few maintainers up there and it's the same airframe i work on here at hickam, so this hits pretty close to home. no official reports from the base as of yet, but here is the preliminary report: cargo plane crashes and burns on elmendorf: military | adn.com