YC-14 | |
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General information | |
Type | Tactical airlifter |
Manufacturer | Boeing |
Status | Canceled |
Primary user | United States Air Force |
Number built | 2 |
History | |
First flight | 9 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.