Boeing YC-14

McDonnell-Douglas YC-15

The Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) project was intended to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport in USAF service. Boeing YC-14 entrant to the Advanced Medium STOL Transport competition. ... Boeing YC-14 entrant to the Advanced Medium STOL Transport competition. ... The Boeing Company NYSE: BA is the leading American aircraft and aerospace manufacturer, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with its largest production facilities in Everett, Washington, near Seattle, Washington. ... McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 entrant to the Advanced Medium STOL Transport competition. ... McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 entrant to the Advanced Medium STOL Transport competition. ... DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ... STOL is an acronym for Short Take-Off and Landing, used in the aircraft industry to describe airplanes with very low runway requirements. ... The Lockheed SR-71, remarkably advanced for its time and unsurpassed in many areas of performance The Lockheed U-2 first flew in 1955 providing much needed intelligence on Soviet bloc countries Lockheed Corporation was an aerospace company founded in 1912 which merged with Martin Marietta in 1995 to form... A United States Air Force C-130 Hercules The Lockheed C-130 Hercules, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, is the main tactical airlifter of the United States, United Kingdom, Canadian, South African and Australian and New Zealand military forces. ... Seal of the Air Force. ...

The project was given go-ahead in 1970. The Department of Defense submitted an RFP in 1972. In 1973, Boeing and McDonnell-Douglas both received contracts to construct two prototypes, each. This resulted in the YC-14 and YC-15, respectively. 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... RFP is an acronym (or TLA) for request for proposal, a business term referring to a request for bids, through a tender process, on a specific product or service. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Categories: Stub | Defence companies | Boeing | U.S. aircraft manufacturers ... DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ... Boeing YC-14 The YC-14 was Boeings entry into the USAFs Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition, to replace the C-130 Hercules as the USAFs standard STOL tactical transport. ... McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 The YC-15 was McDonnell-Douglas entry into the USAFs Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition, to replace the C-130 Hercules as the USAFs standard STOL tactical transport. ...

Both aircraft met or exceeded project specifications. However, the AMST project was cancelled before either aircraft could be selected. Ironically, the aircraft that the AMST was intended to replace, the C-130, is still in production today. However, the YC-15 was enlarged and upgraded, and is now in production as the highly successful C-17 Globemaster III. The C-17 Globemaster III The C-17 Globemaster III is a strategic airlifter manufactured by Boeing IDS, used by the United States Air Force and the Royal Air Force. ...

External link

• Edwards AFB: A Pair of Most Unusual Transports