The C-17 carries the name of two previous but unrelated, piston-engined military transport planes, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
D'C-17 dréit den Numm vun zwou virdrun Piston-engined militäresch cargo Schëffer, der Douglas C-74 Globemaster an der Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.