A presentation by Global HeavyLift Managing Member Myron D. Stokes at the Jonathan Club, Los Angeles, in May 2007 outlining a comprehensive and long-term strategy for establishing a US/NATO-controlled heavylift industry -- the movement of goods via air too large or outsized to fit in any door of any 747 or similar size freighter -- using commercial/military variants of the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III airlifter. The Heavy and Outsized sector is currently controlled by Russian and Ukraine utilizing commercial versions of the Antonov AN-124 military airlifter

1. Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
Establishing A US/NATO Controlled Heavy & Outsized Industry;
Mitigating US Industrial Base Global Supply Chain
Vulnerabilities Through Permanent Air Augmentation of
Transport Methodologies
A Presentation to:
SpeedNews Aerospace and Defense
Conference; The Jonathan Club
Los Angeles, CA
May 9, 2007
Prepared By:
Myron D. Stokes, Managing Member
Sheila R, Ronis, Ph.D., Consultant
Thomas H. Miner, Member
Gilles Saint-Hilaire, Ph.D., Consultant
Tarek Ballout, Director, Middle-East Operations
Nasim Uddin, Ph.D., Consultant
Robert E. Seaman III, Member
Abid Ghuman, Consultant
L. Jeantal Morris, Project Coordinator
Gabriella Barthlow, Executive Assistant
Wayne Rassner, Agent of Record
Kramer & Rassner, PC

2. JUNE 1940
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
“Were it not for the US escorted Liberty ship
convoys and Lend-Lease, Goering’s
Operation Sea Lion would have succeeded
in defeating Great Britain, thus ensuring
an entirely different outcome of World War
II. Conversely, control of a nation’s global
supply chain is thus rendered an
imperative to maintain economic and
national security.”
National Security Strategist Dr. Sheila Ronis
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3. May 1943
Professor Barnes Wallace, inventor of the extraordinarily
strong geodetic aircraft structure for the initially
indispensable Vickers-Armstrong Wellington bomber,
understood the critical role technological innovation would
play if the war – with outcome not certain for the allied
forces in 1943 – were to be won. His development of a
cylindrical spinning bomb dropped from Avro Lancasters of
the famed RAF No. 617 “Dam Buster” squadron at precisely
220 mph, an altitude of 60ft and a 400 rpm backwards spin
over water, breached the Moehner and Eder dams in
Germany while damaging the Sorpe; disrupting – albeit
temporarily – hydroelectric power generation and war
materiels manufacturing in the Ruhr Valley…
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-Commentary based on May 2003 analysis “Super-Globalism: Strategies For
Maintaining a Robust Industrial Base Through Technological, Policy and
Process Improvement” eMOTION! REPORTS.com
(www.emotionreports.com)
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4. “Dam Buster” Avro Lancaster
(Note: A new movie depicting this event is in the
making from the producers of King Kong)
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5. Spring 1943
Pacific Theater of Operations
Quite aware of the post-Midway strategic, tactical and
supply disadvantages under which his 5th and 13th Air
Forces (USAAF) operated out of Port Moresby, New Guinea
among other Pacific bases against a thoroughly entrenched
enemy at Rabaul and separated only by the Stanley
mountain range, General George C. Kenney ordered
Douglas A-20 pilot extraordinaire Paul “P.I.” Gunn (a best
friend of my Godfather, M/Sgt Charles H. Jackson who was
not only a top turret gunner on the B-17F “Captain and The
Kids”, but armorer for P-38 Aces Dick Bong and Tommy
McGuire) whom Kenney called his “All around fixer and
gadgeteer” to give him an advantage.
Gunn did exactly that, as demonstrated by the emergence
of B-25 and A-20 medium bombers with outrageously
devastating firepower. Not the least of which were
Mitchells with 12 .50 cal. Guns in the nose, H variants of
this plane with a 75mm cannon, along with the perfecting
of “skip bombing” techniques in anti-shipping duties…
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6. May 2007
Economic War
A state of affairs wherein the trade policies, financial
and technological resources of an entire country are
structured and applied so as not only to render
industries of that country hyper-competitive against
those of the target country, but to eliminate them.
This requires a response based on acute recognition
of an economic and sociological reality by crafting
strategies that include trade policy modification and
a resurgence of technological innovation to protect –
yes protect – the all important industrial base.
Without which no country can survive…
“Economic war… is always waged first” Sun Tzu
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7. The “Three Battles” of Economic
War
According to Dr. Ronis, in the paper Total Life Cycle Management:
A Different Approach to War, quot;The near battle is where the troops
are engaged in daily combat. For a team engaged in product
development, the near battle is in the daily designing, developing,
engineering, and manufacturing of the product. The near battle
can be described as a product being made and sold in the
marketplace on a day-by-day basis in competition with global
competitors.
quot;The rear battle is the infrastructure, or foundation needed to
support a continuous near battle. This includes enablers in the
environment such as well-educated and trained people, including
leadership, well designed processes, and the development and
inculcation of doctrine or governing and operating principles and
the associated accountabilities required.
quot;The deep battle is the infrastructure needed to fight future
battles. For product teams, this is the investment in future
infrastructures, such as R&D or advanced manufacturing, the
development of process, holistic management and the skills and
learning which are required for the future of all employees – or
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8. Three Battles (cont’d)
quot;The rules of war say that all three battles must
be fought at the same time, so leadership must
align itself, the behavior of all its people and the
organization’s capability as the three battlefields
are planned for, strategies are determined, and
executed. The three battles are viewed
as a system.
quot;Conversely, the utilization of war strategies and
tactics by a company or a country seeking
dominance in a given industrial sector demands a
response in kind. Failure to do ensures the
ignominy of defeat.”
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9. Critical Environmental Factors
U.S. has lost control of global shipping and emerging
heavy-lift industries, causing concerns regarding national
security, and has already had negative impact on U.S.
largest industries
It is imperative that all concerned recognize that the
industrial base is inseparable from the defense industrial
base
U.S. Air Force has been involved with non-financial support
since 2001
Utilization of (B)C-17 capabilities never before used in
industry
U.S. is in economic war with other world powers and this initiative begins the process of
initiative
improving U.S. industrial base survivability in two specific markets; heavy and outsized
markets;
and its Short/Austere Project market subset. Both served by Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster
Boeing’ C-
Commercial Variant the BC-17.
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10. The Global Heavylift Market
U.S. Air Force Scenarios
HOM/SAM
HOM (Heavy Outsized Market) Currently in the
control of the Russians/Ukrainians (AN-124’s)
SAM (Short Austere Market) Estimated at a total
of more than $380 billion worth of projects in oil
and gas exploration, mining, space exploration,
etc. and it will grow
Above and beyond the current air cargo market
of $137 billion RTK’s (revenue ton kilometers)
Business cases,(17) conducted by the A.F. work
well for the commercial version of the C-17, the
BC-17. Further, the AN-124 can compliment the
BC-17 in SAM missions.
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11. Vision:
Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
A Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Listed
Contractor (www.ccr.gov)
NAICS 481212, 4522
A Future where Americans and NATO allies
have effectively developed an air-based
global supply chain transportation method
alternative and control the global heavylift
industry…
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12. Vulnerabilities of U.S. Industrial Base Global
Supply Chain to Foreign-owned/controlled
Shipping and Terror Threat
China and S. Korea either own or control the bulk of the world’s shipping
China’s burgeoning influence both economically and militarily render it
capable of disrupting the ocean-borne global supply chain for U.S. industry
at will. This threat exists whenever Sino-American policy discord induces a
trade-based retaliation. Boeing’s drop from 82% marketshare to 67% of
new airliner business to arch-rival AIRBUS in the aftermath of U.S. support
for Taiwan during a showdown in 1996, according to former Boeing China
President Ray Bracy, was strongly felt
CHINA’S MILITARY BUILDUP IS WORRISOME, according to US/China
Security Commission data in its 2006 report to Congress and as expressed in
March 2007 hearings conducted in Washington (www.USCC.gov).
US intelligence has confirmed that Aegis BMD technology, representing the
defensive core of US Naval forces, has been compromised by a front
company posing as a LMCO supplier;
There is strong reason to believe F-22 Raptor technology has been
compromised in this same manner, along with expectation of a Chinese
fighter incorporating this technology, complete with internal weapons bay
and stealth, making an appearance within 3 years.
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13. Vulnerabilities of U.S. Industrial Base Global
Supply Chain to Foreign-owned/controlled
Shipping and Terror Threat (cont’d)
With the completion of an operationally ready Koznetskov-class carrier, the
67,500 ton Varyag purchased by the PLAN from the Ukraine projected by
year end, there is no reason to believe a repeat of the 1996 Hainan Straits
Destroyer show down (forcing an embarrassing stand down on the part of
Chinese forces) will occur in a 2007 cross straits confrontation relative to
Taiwan re-annexation. The rapid building of Aegis-clone equipped Luyang
II-class Destroyers and Russian Slava-class type Cruisers along with an
accelerated build on an entirely indigenous design that brings to mind the
venerable Battle Cruiser owing to heavy surface armament, strongly
supports this contention.
According to DoD insiders, there is evidence emerging that the outcome of a
South China Sea PLAN and US naval force confrontation may be a defeat for
the 7th Fleet within the next five years.
South Korea, despite its status as a military ally, is less so economically,
especially when it comes to lucrative trade with the Chinese. The Cho
shipping magnate family has made it known to whom and where their
loyalties lie, and will no doubt allow itself to follow China in a potential and
sudden unavailability of ships. This is one of the core reasons South Korea
did not make the final cut among Asian nations, inclusive of Indonesia,
Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan, considered for a BC-17 epicenter.
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15. Global Supply Chain
Vulnerabilities (cont’d)
“We are seeing increasing indications that Al-Qaeda is preparing
to strike U.S. interests abroad. ‘Worldwide Caution’ is being issued
to remind U.S. citizens of the continuing threat that they may be a
target of terrorist actions, even after the anniversary date of the
September 11 attacks and to add the potential threats to maritime
interests.” – U.S. Department of State, Oct 2003
“In Recent decades, the Asia-Pacific region has followed its main
trade partners in North America and Europe in deregulating and
encouraging freer trade. After the terrorist plots and bombings in
Indonesia and other parts of Southeast Asia, the region and its
leading trade partners must tighten security at sea, in ports and in
other parts of the logistic supply chain that delivers goods on a
just-in-time, just-enough basis. This supply chain has become
critical to modern manufacturing around the world.”
-New Zealand Herald, Jan 02
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16. Aftermath of Al-Qaeda attack on the French oil tanker
Limburg using an explosives-laden small boat
-- October 2002
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17. A New Threat: Iran’s Acquisition
of Shkval Rocket Torpedo
Technology (An ability to close oil supply -
critical Strait of Hormuz?)
“
“It can be assumed that Russian developed rocket torpedo technology recently
tested by Iran at underwater speeds of 223 mph, and theoretically up to the
speed of sound owing to gas-plasma-envelopment of projectile-induced
coefficient of friction elimination, will soon find its way into the weapons
caches of Al-Qaeda and other terrorist operations. Thus, an expanded, clear
and present danger to maritime shipping interests. At present,
countermeasures even for naval vessels are virtually non-existent”
-- National Security Strategist Dr. Sheila Ronis, President,
The University Group, Inc.
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18. Dominance of Heavy and Outsize Market by
AN-124 Ruslan Commercialized Version of
Military Airlifter
“In building the Ruslans, Antonov stumbled (not really;
Boeing research identified the HOM as viable in 1993) on a
niche market that is both growing (roughly .5 billion in
2004) and not well-served by the major Western aircraft
makers. Boeing Co.’s biggest cargo aircraft, the 747-400, is
roughly the size of the Ruslan. But the Boeing plane is
designed to ship containers and other standard-sized
commercial loads. Those with special needs, such as an air
force shipping helicopters, prefer the Antonov’s outsized
loading ramps and ability to land at ill-equipped airports
and other rough airports… Relying on Vladimir Putin’s
Russia or politically unsettled Ukraine worries Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer, NATO’s Secretary-General. ‘We have to phone
Antonov or we have to phone his Russian counterpart’ to
get transport planes,… and that’s a situation I do not like.’ -
- The Wall Street Journal January 19, 2005
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19. Antonov AN-124 “Ruslan”
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20. National Security Concerns…
“The integral role aerospace plays in [the United States] economy,
…security, …mobility, and …values makes global leadership in
aviation and space a national imperative.”[1] As the United States
stands “dangerously close to squandering the advantage
bequeathed to [it] by prior generations of aerospace leaders,” [2]
GHH, LLC, is convinced along with its strategic partners, that “it is
essential to [this country’s] international competitiveness in the
aerospace industry (and the commercial and trade advantages
that derive from that position) that US companies manufacture
and operate aircraft, such as the BC-17, that can penetrate the
relatively untapped air cargo markets of the future.”
“It is not a matter of if we will fight the Chinese, but when”[3]
[1] Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, Final
Report, 2002, p. vi. [2] Ibid. [3] DoD internal
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21. Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
Mission
Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC, the first US company established to
demonstrate the viability of a change in policy towards expanded
government/industry collaboration that is routine among major
international trading partners. Indeed, it is collaborative efforts
such as these that brought about the Erie Canal, America’s
railroads, the Civilian Nuclear Program and the Space Program,
which no private entity could have brought about on its own. And,
through a holistic and systemic approach utilizing best practices
within the disciplines of systems science along with its strategic
partners in industry and government, it will and has:
Created the architecture for global infrastructure of a new
American controlled heavylift industry.
Execute a plan to profitably become the largest global company in
the heavylift industry by supporting global industry and Federal
Departments and Agencies from DoD to NASA.
Modify the global supply chain management efforts throughout
U.S. industry to include air augmentation.
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22. Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
Mission (cont’d)
Global HeavyLift Holdings, won’t:
Work with financial institutions seeking to perpetuate the old
aircraft acquisition model assigning virtually all risk to the
customer rather than a balanced partnership seeking a common
goal as is dictated by this initiative. That model is broken as the
industry landscape littered with the carcasses of failed and failing
US air carriers irrefutably demonstrates.
Work with States or countries choosing to look the other way in
terms of economic development policies that embrace, rather than
repel, clearly predatory marketing strategies that are a
manifestation of the economic war, in the Sun Tzu sense, waged
against this country’s industrial base. The current state of our
automotive and aerospace sectors, having too long ignored this
reality, confirms this contention. Indeed, our mission to potential
epicenter states and countries is not about adding building square
footage and warm bodies to announce in the latest economic
development press release, but about making those locales the
global air operations Epicenter of a new and powerful globe-
spanning industry that will set and change economic and geo-
political policies for decades.
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23. A Funny Thing Happened on The Way to
The (Blog) Forum… (From a Canadian Taxpayer
Against Purchase of CAF C-17s)
So who is this Global HeavyLift Holding, LLC? The article tells us.
“GHH is a strategic air transport solutions entity that was born of a multi-year public/private (note:
multi-
read DoD/Boeing) effort among forward thinkers in both the private sector and government to
government
mitigate emerging and observable vulnerabilities in the U.S. industrial base global supply chain.
industrial
Such vulnerabilities are represented by the fact that no ocean-borne shipping is in U.S. hands at
ocean-
present, thus potentially subjecting American corporations, especially automotive, and their global
especially
operations to the whims and perhaps economically hostile activities of and by foreign governments.
activities
Add to this the risk of terrorist activities, which have, according to the Department of Homeland
according
Security, targeted maritime operations; i.e., ships, ports and ocean containersquot;
ocean
“”Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) listed, it is the goal of GHH and its strategic partners around the
“”Defense
planet to work with key logistics personnel within these corporations and government agencies to
corporations
conceptualize, craft and structure long-term global supply chain alternative transportation
long-
methodologies through continuous -- not stop gap or emergency -- air augmentation solutions. Its
most important mission, however, has been in the co-development of global architecture for
co-
infrastructure of a new American controlled industry, Heavylift, utilizing the excellent airlift
performance characteristics of the Boeing BC-17.”
BC- 17.”
There you have it. Global Heavylift Holdings LLC is a US Government funded ploy to provide for the
Government
survival of the Boeing Long Beach plant where the C-17 is built with US taxpayer money (but not
C-
with the US Defence budget) in order to provide US taxpayer-funded subsidized airlift to cater to
taxpayer-
US government airlift needs. It would be revealing and ironic if they did flights into Iraq for DoD,
since they claim to exist to cater to the oil industry (I'm eager to find out how ITAR will have to re-
eager re-
invent itself to authorise those flights)
There used to be a company that was very similar to this new one, the infamous Florida
one,
based Air America. (Not everyday you’re accused of being the CIA!)
America. you’
…
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24. Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
Current Objectives
Obtain bases of operations globally to function as GHH
Epicenters in the US, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Follow-up with companies involved in case study
development and craft pathways for integration of BC-17
into supply chain architecture within let projects for oil, gas,
gold, diamonds and national infrastructure
Continuance of efforts to implement permanent global
supply chain air augmentation (B-747) initiative resulting
from 4 years of interaction with Fortune 25 corporations,
and presentations to logistics personnel in early 2004. The
structure of these presentations result from a conjoined
effort of GHH, its Global Logistics and air operations
partners.
Obtain funding for the initial C-17’s.
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25. Veteran Champion of Global Supply Chain
Permanent Air Augmentation and A Major Step
in Mitigating its Vulnerabilities:
B-747
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26. The Future of Heavy and
Outsize…BC-17
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27. Boeing BC-17
Background Information
The BC-17 (formerly known as the MD-17) offers new air cargo
delivery capabilities ideally matched to the global changes
occurring in logistics and manufacturing. Manufacturers and
shippers of all types are being challenged for time definite
delivery to global markets. Often these are emerging markets
located in remote locations and characterized by limited
transportation infrastructure. Worldwide demand for heavy and
outsize goods, defined as too large to fit through the doors of
conventional freighter aircraft, is increasing. High valued products
including satellites, construction equipment, and power generating
equipment require special handling. Regardless of cargo size,
there is an increasing requirement for rapid delivery to satisfy
customers.
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28. The Future: BC-17
This service time provides competitive advantage and minimizes
inventory, insurance, trans-shipment and handling costs as well
as other elements of the total logistics cost chain. With the BC-17,
logistics planners have new options for picking up products closer
to the manufacturing source and delivering them nearer the final
destination.
The unique design characteristics of the BC-17, including the
incorporation of powered lift technology, enable operations at
smaller airports unavailable to today's large conventional cargo
aircraft. Many developing countries have large infrastructure
projects (power plants, waterways, etc.) that are not situated
near existing seaports, major airports, major roads or railways. In
contrast, developed economies face increasing congestion issues
at major international airports. The BC-17 is the only aircraft that
can capitalize on these opportunities and dramatically lessen the
requirements for cargo preparation, ground transportation and
loading and unloading.
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29. BC-17: New Levels of Flexibility
and Airborne Athleticism
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30. Undeniable Athleticism in The Sky or On
The Ground…
The projected emergence of the Heavy and Outsized (HOM) market and a profound awareness that
substantial savings could be realized by reducing supply chain systemic complexities historically
endemic to remotely placed but extremely valuable oil, gas, mining and other infrastructure development
projects worldwide, has created substantial opportunity for the BC-17, a commercialized version of the
stunningly capable Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military arilifter. Defined as the “Project Related
Business”, the airborne athleticism of the BC-17 is ideal to support this market and has lead to a detailed
project market analysis. Since inception of this initiative, much has changed in the way of national and
global security concerns both militarily and economically, and this market analysis, used as a business
base in this business plan is reflective of these new realities.
Ground Servicing Narrow Taxiways
Tight Turns
90 ft (27.4 m)
180° Turns
Normal
40 ft (12.2 m)
Steering
Minimum
Star Turn
Backing
Fwd
Fwd Turn Center
3-Point Star Turn
80 ft (24.4m)
3-Point (Star) Turn
80 ft (24.4 m)
Minimum Turn
Minimum Turn
(Asymetric Thrust + Light Differential Braking)
116 ft (35.4 m)
(Asymmetric Thrust+Light
Normal Steering Turn
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143 ft (43.6 m)
Differential Braking)
116 ft (35.4m)
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Normal Steering Turn
143 ft (43.6m)

31. BC-17 Performance
BC-17X Takeoff Field Length
W eight (x 1,000 kg)
136 156 176 196 216 236 256
9,500
9,000
2,715
8,500
2,515
8,000 Pending FAA approval
2,315
7,500
Field Length (m)
Field Length (ft)
7,000 2,115
6,500
1,915
6,000
Wet
1,715
5,500
5,000 1,515
4,500
1,315
Dry
4,000
1,115
3,500
3,000 915
300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 480 500 520 540 560 580 600
W eight (X 1,000 lb)
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32. BC-17 Performance
BC-17X Landing Field Length
Steep Approach
W eight (x 1,000 kg)
136 156 176 196 216
6,500 1,963
Pending FAA approval
6,000
1,763
5,500
Field Length (m)
Field Length (ft)
1,563
Wet
5,000
4,500 1,363
4,000
1,163
Dry
3,500
963
3,000
2,500 763
300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440 460 480 500
W eight (X 1,000 lb)
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33. BC-17 Performance
“The only aircraft that might
come close to the performance of
the C-17 is a 489kt Sikorsky
Skycrane with 87 ton capacity
and 2500nm range”
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34. History and Design of the
BC-17
The unparalleled design of the BC-17 ideally matches the expanding needs
of the global commercial market. In addition to accommodating
approximately 87 tons (79 metric tons) in its 20,900 cubic-foot (592 cubic-
meter) cargo bay that is wide enough for two rows of large trucks side by
side, this highly versatile aircraft can take off, land, deliver its cargo, and
turn around on austere runways approximately 4,000 feet (1,200 meters)
long and 90 feet (28 meters) wide.
Moreover, landing in short distances is not the only capability that makes
the BC-17 uniquely suitable to austere airfields. Powered by four Pratt &
Whitney PW2000 series turbofans with full reverse capabilities and a
combined 161,760 lbs (719.6kN) of thrust, the BC-17 has a cruise speed of
563 mph (906 kmph, or 489 knots) and a range of 2,500 nautical miles
(4,630 km) at maximum payload without refueling. The engine thrust-
reversing system can back the BC-17 up a 2 percent grade fully loaded,
allowing the aircraft to park forward in tight ramp spaces, off-load, and back
out when the crew is ready to depart. This system also eliminates the jet
blast and engine noise danger to crew members and equipment moving
behind the aircraft during off-loading and on-loading operations with the
engines running. In addition, the thrust-reversing engines are mounted well
above the ground. This design feature, combined with the high wing, directs
the exhaust up and forward, greatly reducing blowing debris and the
potential for foreign objects to be ingested by the engines
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35. History and Design, cont’d
.[1] Furthermore, ready access to all areas of the aircraft without complicated or
sophisticated ground equipment makes the BC-17 easy to maintain in austere airfields.
BC-
(For example, a self-jacking capability allows for tire and brake changes on the main
self-
landing gear without having to rely on standard aircraft jacks, and fuel boost pumps can
be removed and replaced without de-fueling and purging the fuel tanks.)[2]
de- tanks.)[2]
The C-17’s roll-on/roll-off cargo capabilities allow very large and heavy military
C- 17’ roll- on/roll-
equipment to be loaded quickly and efficiently.
The United States Air Force has been taking advantage of the extraordinary capabilities
extraordinary
of the BC-17’s military variant, the C-17, for over a decade. The C-17 took off on its
BC- 17’ C- C-
maiden flight on September 15, 1991, and the first production model was delivered to
model
Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, on June 14, 1993. Since the first C-17
Since C-
squadron was declared operationally ready on January 17, 1995, the Air Force’s C-17
the Force’ C-
fleet has logged over 400,000 flight hours. Its missions have included flying troops,
included
equipment, and humanitarian aid to Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia, the Allied Force
Bosnia,
Operation in Kosovo, the war on terrorism in Afghanistan, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation
The USAF’s initial contract with McDonnell Douglas/Boeing was for 120 C-17s to be
USAF’ C-
delivered through 2004, but in early 2002 the order was increased to 180 planes through
increased
2008. The wisdom of this decision was borne out when the aircraft proved indispensable
aircraft
during the war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Current AF
Freedom.
data outlines the need for 300 or more airlifters to meet current and projected needs,
current
especially in the unstable world of asymmetric warfare wherein “Rapid Deployment”
Deployment”
takes on a new and urgent definition. A role for which no other aircraft in the world is so
uniquely suited besides C-17.
C-
[1] The Boeing Company, C-17 Globemaster III: Technical Description and Planning
Guide, 2002, p. 2-1.
Guide, 2-
[2] Ibid, p. 6-1.
6-
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36. History and design, cont’d
In May of 1995, the C-17 was awarded the Collier Trophy for the
top aeronautical achievement of the year, and on February 4,
1999, President Clinton presented the Malcolm Baldrige National
Quality Award to the manufacturer, The Boeing Company Airlift
and Tanker Program. During routine flight testing at Edwards Air
Force Base in 2001, the C-17 set 22 world records, including
payload to altitude, time to climb, and short takeoff and landing
mark. (The aircraft successfully took off and landed in less than
1,400 feet while carrying a payload of 44,000 lbs to altitude.) In
subsequent testing, the C-17 set 11 more records pending
approval, bringing the total number of world records to 33.
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37. The Model T Allowed
Henry Ford and Detroit to Lay
Claim to “Putting The World On
Wheels”….
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38. The C-17/BC-17 May Allow Designated
U.S.,UK and Asia-based Air Ops
Epicenters to Lay Claim to “Putting The
World – And Industry – On Heavylift
Wings”
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39. GHH Global Hubs: U.S., Europe,
Asia (SAM Missions)
) (8)
(8)
(5)
(8)
(8) (5)
(5)
(6&7)
(3)
(8)
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40. GHH Global Hubs Cont’d
(HOM Missions)
Rt 5
(4)
Rt 8&80
(4)
Rt 4
(8)
Rt 17
(1)
Rt 30 (2)
(3)
Rt 9
(2)
(7)
Rt 300
(1) Rt 30
Rt 7
Rt 4
(7)
Rt 8&80
(8)
Rt 3
(5)
Rt 2
(5)
Rt 6
(7)
(Aircraft #)
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42. Demilitarization of BC-17
Considering the dual role of BC-17, that is to say, its
instant availability in times of national emergency or
disaster relief/humanitarian efforts, it is recommended –
and acknowledged as a viable approach – that demil is at
most modest. I.e.; it is not necessary to remove fuel tank
armor designed to withstand a 23mm round; it is not
necessary to remove military radios as they can simply be
locked away; no need to remove aerial refueling plumbing
– fitting a plate over the boom aperture will suffice, and
which can be removed in 45 minutes; no need to remove
infrared anti-missile countermeasures, considering they will
become standard issue to commercial airliners globally near
term.
The rear lift gate, however, will be de-energized to prevent
in-flight opening, and thus precludes Da Nang-type touch
and goes!
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43. SPACE PROGRAM
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44. CEV/CLV IN LUNAR ORBIT
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45. Return To The Moon and Mars
Mission: A USD 3Trillion Endeavor
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46. CEV AND BC-17: SPACE
PROGRAM SYMBIOSIS
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47. Next Steps…
* We are prepared to designate our US, UK and Asia Air
operations epicenter locales in a matter of days.
* Move as quickly as possible relative to issuance of a
10.8 billion (30 new and/or 60 “A” model C-17s)
triple and simultaneous private equity raise for
second quarter 2007 via a consortium/syndicate of
financial institutions created by lead bank
* Expect positive developments relative to issuance of
necessary Congressional language permitting resale
of first generation C-17s to private sector (GHH, LLC)
by AF
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48. Next Steps (cont’d)
Continued push for Far 21.27 exemption for
BC-17 with FAA
Continued push for Congressional language
to permit resale of “A” model C-17s, thus
initializing process of “Transformational
Recapitalization” that will forever change
the DoD acquisition process
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49. Latest Update From The ‘Hill
An allowance for 10 (203 total) additional
C-17s and required funding is in the mark-
up for FY 2008 Defense Appropriations
(HASC)
Language potentially allowing for the
neutralizing of a Congressional Mandate
requiring retrofit of C5A is also within this
mark-up, effectively setting the stage for 30
or more additional C-17s moving closer to
the 300+ aircraft needed for current and
projected DoD airlift rquirements.
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50. Failure is not an option…
We are convinced that we are on the cusp
of a new industry that will not only
perpetuate and grow the value and
viability of the designated State’s
industrial base, but that of the nation.
We must not fail in this initiative, crafted
to mitigate the acknowledged erosion of
the US industrial base, and which has
strong support from industry and
government.
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51. The Requested Task for
SPEEDNEWS Aerospace and
Defense Conference
Participants…
1.Promote and encourage among your peers and clientele the validity and
urgency of Air as a permanent component of Global Supply Chain transport
methodologies. The move from stopgap and emergency utilization by industry
while dedicating 5-10% of component movement to air will lower air costs and
those associated with traditional modes of transportation through economies of
scale and reduction of systemic inefficiencies.
This can help stimulate growth in the air cargo industry for commodity freight
utilizing traditional aircraft like 747 initially, thus contributing to base
stabilization and mitigating the very real threat of US industrial base global
supply chain.
2. We would also appreciate your help in encouraging the FAA to grant the
21.27 exemption with or without Congressional language specific to this
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52. Weblog: Dr. Thomas P.M Barnett, former US
Naval War College Professor and author of
“The Pentagon’s New Map: War and Peace in
The 21st Century” 24 June 2004
“Whether we like it or not, the world is indeed, at war. Obviously, not war
in the traditional sense – it is asymmetric – but war just the same.
According to my colleague Dr. Sheila Ronis, a national security strategist
‘Global war begins with economic crises such as the major problems in
Japan, the overheating of the China economy due to its insatiable, and now
unstoppable appetite for raw material, and the continued instability within
the Middle-East, compounded by the uncertainties of Iraqi War outcome.
We are right now contending with macro-economic trends that are
outstripping and outpacing any efforts to keep them in check. Crises not
dissimilar to these in the 1930s directly led to World War II. Very similar
and very dangerous. [Dr. W. Edwards] Deming once told me that Japan went
to war because they thought their population was about to starve. Their
backs were to the wall, and they felt they had no choice but to pursue this
course in view of then existent US economic policies.
“’ War is often the inevitable aftermath of negative economic forces on
nations, and we have to be mindful of the difficulties facing multiple nations
simultaneously, now, as then. We are seeing in real-time the viability of the
“core” and “gap” scenarios postulated by Dr. Barnett in his book “The
Pentagon’s New Map.” Moreover, the Chinese view the global pie as a zero
sum game; their win is a loss for the US in every category of the nation’s
existence. However, if globalization is properly managed, the entire pie can
grow. If it is not managed, that’s when the industrial base would collapse.
Conversely, the enemy is not globalization, it is, rather, the lack of managing
it.
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53. Weblog Barnett (cont’d)
“’The statement, ‘So goes the economy, so goes
the military might’ is axiomatic. A non-linearist
would say we are at the ‘tipping point’ and unless
clear and implementable strategies for
preservation of the US industrial base as
represented by GM, Ford, Boeing, Lockheed-
Martin, Northrop-Grumman, General Dynamics,
Delphi and other core components emerge in the
very short term, its relative stability will
disintegrate followed by the possible collapse of
the US economy.’”
Prescient words, we think…
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54. Colleagues, it is June 1940 again, so we need and
welcome you aboard this mission to revitalize and
solidify America’s industrial and transportation
leadership
The future is in our hands…
The Global HeavyLift Team
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55. Global Heavylift Holdings, LLC
Initial Key Personnel
Myron D. Stokes, Managing Partner
Sheila R. Ronis, Ph.D., Consultant
Thomas H. Miner, Member
Pete Sanderlin, GM Kalitta Air (Strategic Air Partner)
Gilles Saint-Hilaire, Ph.D., Consultant
Norman W. Fishman, Member
Tarek Ballout, Director, Middle East Operations
Nasim Uddin, Ph.D., Consultant
Robert E. Seaman III
Abid Ghuman, Consultant
Gabriella Barthlow, Executive Assistant
L. Jeantal Morris, Project Coordinator
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56. Strategic Partners
Air: Kalitta (Michigan)
Training: Air Force and Boeing
Real Estate Evaluation: Cushman &
Wakefield (Mississippi, Michigan)
Counsel: Baker & McKenzie (Illinois)
Strategic Visioning: University
Group, Inc. (Michigan)
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