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Advanced Medium STOL Transport
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<p>The Advanced Medium STOL Transport (AMST) project was intended to replace the <a href="/facts/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules/EVzoWXp9">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a> tactical transport in <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> service with a new aircraft with improved <a href="/facts/STOL/8eEcKYEz">STOL</a> 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 <a href="/facts/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III/LurFFvap">McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) C-17 Globemaster III</a>. </p>