Advanced Medium STOL Transport
| Advanced Medium STOL Transport | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Project for | Tactical transport |
| Issued by | United States Air Force |
| Prototypes | Boeing YC-14 McDonnell Douglas YC-15 |
| History | |
| Outcome | Canceled |
| Successors | C-X program |
The Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) project was intended to replace the Lockheed C-130 Hercules tactical transport in United States Air Force service with a new aircraft with improved STOL performance. Increased need for strategic airlift led the Air Force to cancel the AMST program and seek a larger airlifter. Under the C-X program, the YC-15's basic design would become the successful McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III.