McDonnell Douglas YC-15

YC-15
Second YC-15 prototype in flight
General information
TypeTactical airlifter
National originUnited States
ManufacturerMcDonnell Douglas
StatusCanceled
Number built2
History
First flight26 August 1975
Developed intoBoeing C-17 Globemaster III

The McDonnell Douglas YC-15 is a prototype four-engine short take-off and landing (STOL) tactical transport. It was McDonnell Douglas' entrant into the United States Air Force's Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) competition to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules as the USAF's standard STOL tactical transport. In the end, neither the YC-15 nor the Boeing YC-14 was ordered into production, although the YC-15's basic design would be used to form the successful McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III.

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