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97-0046 - Mcdonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III

97-0046 is a Mcdonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III operated by Usaf | 437aw [kchs], Mode-S hex code AE07F8. Track it live, browse its recent flights, or download its full position history.

Mcdonnell Douglas McDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III (97-0046)

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Registration97-0046

Mode-S hexAE07F8

ManufacturerMcdonnell Douglas

ModelMcDonnell Douglas C-17A Globemaster III

OperatorUsaf | 437aw [kchs]

Last seen2026-09-29 20:59 UTC

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Flight history 105 flights since Aug 2025

Date	Callsign	From	To	Dep	Arr
2026-09-29	RCH3275	KNYG	KCHS	11:29 EDT	16:52 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-09-29	RCH3275	KCHS	KNYG	08:06 EDT	09:02 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-09-15	RCH3278	?	?	18:09Z	18:48Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-09-14	RCH3278	?	?	08:23Z	09:40Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-09-13	RCH3278	?	?	22:26Z	23:48Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-09-10	RCH4144	?	?	10:47Z	11:56Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.

Earlier flights (99) - back to 2025-08-21

Date	Callsign	From	To	Dep	Arr
2026-07-23 (partial)	LIFTR73	KCHS	?	12:44 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-07-10	TRTLE73	KCHS	KCAE	12:22 EDT	12:50 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-07-10	TRTLE73	KCAE	KCHS	13:16 EDT	14:40 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-07-08 (partial)	PRIME02	KCHS	?	12:57 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-26	RCH421	KCHS	KDOV	23:01 EDT	00:14 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-26	RCH421	KDOV	?	05:18 EDT	10:54Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-20	RCH716	EGPK	?	13:48 BST	21:48Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-17	RCH716	?	?	17:22Z	18:32Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-17	RCH716	EDRY	?	09:32 CEST	08:34Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-06-15	RCH716	EGTG	?	13:45 BST	13:40Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-28	RCH408	ETEU	?	19:10 CEST	18:06Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-27	RCH408	LHSN	?	11:55 CEST	10:16Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-26	RCH408	?	?	05:06Z	09:02Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-26	RCH408	?	?	17:31Z	18:30Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-25	RCH408	?	?	22:09Z	23:12Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-25	RCH408	ETEU	ETAR	05:08 CEST	07:10 CEST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-24	RCH408	KWRI	?	17:30 EDT	23:14Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-24	RCH408	KHUA	KWRI	20:19 CDT	23:16 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-23	RCH408	KWRI	KHSV	10:59 EDT	11:48 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-22	MOOSE81	?	?	07:04Z	07:42Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-22	RCH408	?	KWRI	07:42Z	16:34 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-21	MOOSE81	HEAR	?	03:59 EEST	05:12Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-20	MOOSE81	ETAR	LLOV	09:11 CEST	01:20 IDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-19	RCH1810	ETSB	ETAD	08:18 CEST	00:47 CEST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-05-19	MOOSE30	ETAD	LRCV	00:47 CEST	02:08 EEST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-19	RCH236	?	KWRI	17:14Z	14:20 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-19	RCH236	KWRI	ETAR	09:36 EDT	16:44 CEST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-18	BANNR37	?	KPHX	00:02Z	18:00 MST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-18 (partial)	BANNR37	KPHX	?	19:49 MST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-05	RCH204	?	KWRI	01:28Z	23:18 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-04	RCH204	?	?	18:26Z	20:40Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-04	RCH204	?	?	08:10Z	09:38Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-03	RCH204	?	?	14:45Z	17:52Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-03	RCH204	?	?	10:08Z	11:08Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-03	RCH258	?	?	04:40Z	10:06Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-02	RCH258	KCHS	KMHT	14:03 EDT	22:52 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-04-01	RCH258	?	KCHS	22:55Z	19:58 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-29	RCH702	KCHS	?	22:45 EDT	12:00Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-16	RCH706	EGUN	?	02:17 GMT	12:52Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-14	RCH706	KSUU	KWRI	21:36 PDT	05:16 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-14 (partial)	RCH706	KWRI	?	09:52 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-14	RCH706	?	?	21:09Z	23:30Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-13	RCH706	KWRI	KSUU	02:35 EDT	05:54 PDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-12	RCH532	KVAD	KWRI	20:00 EDT	20:24 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-11	RCH532	ETAD	?	02:29 CET	03:38Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-11	RCH532	?	?	07:30Z	09:34Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-11	RCH532	?	?	13:21Z	23:58Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-10	RCH532	KWRI	KDOV	08:58 EDT	18:20 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-10	RCH532	KADW	KWRI	01:37 EDT	02:24 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-09	RCH532	KEDW	KADW	15:12 PDT	23:04 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-09	RCH532	KWRI	KEDW	09:25 EDT	11:48 PDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-08	RCH041	?	KWRI	09:15Z	16:44 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-07	RCH041	?	?	01:20Z	03:28Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-06	RCH041	?	?	16:00Z	18:02Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-05	RCH041	?	?	06:45Z	08:18Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-04	RCH041	KCHS	?	16:41 EST	23:30Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-04	RCH041	KCHS	?	23:28 EST	09:04Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-04	RCH041	?	?	12:44Z	16:24Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-03	RCH223	?	?	00:00Z	10:46Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-02	RCH223	?	?	15:44Z	17:52Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-02	RCH223	?	?	23:12Z	23:58Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-03-01	RCH223	?	?	19:49Z	21:06Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-22	RCH130	?	?	16:44Z	17:52Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-22	RCH130	?	?	22:00Z	23:26Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-21	RCH461	?	?	03:57Z	05:24Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-20	RCH461	?	KMCF	03:41Z	03:15 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-20	RCH461	KMCF	?	03:15 EST	18:58Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-02-20	RCH461	?	?	21:58Z	23:26Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-27	TURTLE7	KARW	KCHS	19:01 EST	21:24 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-26 (partial)	BRONZE4	KCHS	?	10:30 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-26	TURTLE7	KCHS	KHXD	18:18 EST	18:58 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2026-01-23	LIFTR02	?	KCHS	16:44Z	13:52 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-23 (partial)	PRIME34	KCHS	?	19:00 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-22	ARTY51	KCHS	?	12:08 EST	19:28Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-22 (partial)	PRIME34	KCHS	?	18:37 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-19	DOGGY42	?	KCHS	00:00Z	21:00 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-18 (partial)	DOGGY51	KCHS	?	10:36 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-17	KOVA41	KCHS	?	10:29 EST	19:38Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-14	TURTLE4	KAFW	KCHS	11:38 CST	14:42 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-13	TURTLE4	KCHS	KAFW	10:23 EST	11:50 CST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-12-12 (partial)	BRONZE4	KCHS	?	08:47 EST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-30	RCH406	EGUN	?	08:22 GMT	09:18Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-29	RCH406	?	EGUL	09:22Z	10:12 GMT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-25	RCH3244	EGPK	KDOV	15:33 BST	14:54 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-25	RCH3244	KDOV	KCHS	16:07 EDT	17:24 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-15	RCH194	KWRI	?	11:21 EDT	16:06Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-08	RCH181	EGPK	?	01:19 BST	02:56Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-07	RCH181	?	EGPK	00:00Z	07:08 BST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-06	FAMUS72	KORF	KADW	21:05 EDT	21:38 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-06	RCH181	?	?	23:12Z	23:58Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-06	RCH181	KADW	KHOP	14:51 EDT	15:20 CDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-05	FAMUS72	KCHS	?	17:44 EDT	22:04Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-10-04 (partial)	MEMO42	KCHS	?	11:46 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-24	RCH807	?	ETAD	07:47Z	13:04 CEST
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-23	RCH807	KCHS	?	12:21 EDT	18:34Z
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-22	TEDDY52	KADW	KCHS	20:28 EDT	21:54 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-21	RCH115	?	KCHS	01:39Z	03:16 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-21	TEDDY52	KCHS	KATL	14:17 EDT	15:12 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.
2025-08-21	TEDDY52	KATL	KADW	17:42 EDT	19:26 EDT
Route flown, from our receiver network. Green = start, red = end.

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