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The story of the C-17 and how high costs and bungled past threaten the plane's future
"Against the Wind" was originally published in two parts on August 20 and 21, 1995. Part 1 Moose 68 hurtled nose-first toward the desert floor. 33,000 feet. 32,000 feet. Falling. All 418,000 pounds of the plane and its cargo, rattling and …