The Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) is a multinational initiative that provides its participating
nations assured access to military airlift capability to address the growing needs for both strategic
airlifts and tactical airlifts. The SAC was established in 2008 as an independent multinational program
that provides the capability of transporting equipment and personnel over long distances to its 12
member nations. The program is owning and operating three Boeing C-17 Globemaster III long range
transport aircraft. The SAC is based at the Hungarian Papa Air Base in Western Hungary. Each
participating nation owns a share of the available flight hours of the SAC C-17's that can be used for
missions to serve the needs of their national defense, NATO, EU or UN commitments as well as
humanitarian relief efforts. One of the capabilities of the C-17A is that the aircraft is able to taxiing
backwards in small spaces. In this video this capability is shown at Eindhoven Air Base in the
Netherlands on the platform where space is limited. The aircraft produces a lot of noise and also
water is sucked into the powerful engines. It requires some effort of the crew to fulfill this movement.
The load master plays an important role. The load master is sitting on the hatch on the back of the
aircraft and is giving instructions to the pilot during the backwards taxi run. A good communication is
vital during this action. Thanks for watching!
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