Advanced Medium STOL Transport
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The Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) project was intended to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport in United States Air Force service with a new aircraft with improved STOL performance. Increased need for strategic airlift led the Air Force to cancel the AMST program and seek a larger airlifter. Under the C-X program, the YC-15's basic design would become the successful McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III.
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Advanced Medium STOL Transport | |
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Project for | tactical transport |
Issued by | United States Air Force |
Prototypes | Boeing YC-14 McDonnell Douglas YC-15 |
Outcome | Canceled |
Successor programs | C-X program |
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