Cargo is loaded onto the C-17 through a large aft ramp and door system that accommodates virtually all of the Armys air-transportable equipment such as a 69-ton M1 Abrams main battle tank ...

Basically they are to golf carts as a C-17 is to a 767. Amusingly, the little plane has its own rear loading ramp, superficially preserving the cargo-carrying capacity of the original Gator chassis.

The number was a record for the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III - the four-engined ... and a loadmaster - fill up the plane via a cargo ramp at the rear. Gulf states have made air bases available ...