Boeing YC-14

YC-14
One of the two YC-14 prototypes conducting flight testing.
General information
TypeTactical airlifter
ManufacturerBoeing
StatusCanceled
Primary userUnited States Air Force
Number built2
History
First flight9 August 1976

The Boeing YC-14 is a twinjet short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical military transport aircraft. It was Boeing's entrant into the United States Air Force's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition, which aimed to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules as the USAF's standard STOL tactical transport. Although both the YC-14 and the competing McDonnell Douglas YC-15 were successful, neither aircraft entered production. The AMST project was ended in 1979 and replaced by the C-X program.

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