U.S. Air Force photo by Michael Dukes, 20MAR2018.

On 20MAR2018, the 11th Annual Joint Base Charleston Women in Aviation Career Day appealed to the mothering instincts of female recruits by tempting them with a baby C-17 Globemaster-3.

USAF photo by Master Sergeant Shane Ellis, 02JUL2016.

Size comparison between real C-17 and ‘baby’ C-17, on Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, England, July 2016.  It was the first time Baby C-17 had been outside the United States.

USAF photo by Technical Sergeant Stephen D. Schester, 16APR2016.

Here’s the baby C-17 at March Air Reserve Base, California, in April 2016.

USAF photo by Michael Dukes, 20MAR2018.

The U.S. Air Force also tempted females with presentations by female Airmen who used Cabbage Patch dolls (for some reason).

Kit Bashing:

MODEL KIT EC-130J GETS SPECIAL HANDLING BY NATIONAL GUARD!

USAF photo by Airman First Class Thomas Charlton.

WORLD’S LARGEST C-141B STARLIFTER MODEL?