WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Oct. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: By Daryl Mayer For nearly three decades, the C-17 Globemaster III has provided the bulk of airlift for the Air Force. When something absolutely positively has to get there, the C-17 is the aircraft for the job. The prime example is its performance in the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Operation Allies Refuge, the largest non-combatant evacuation airlift in U.S. history. The C-17 was   more