Indian Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the Indian Air Force landed at Sakhir Air Base in Bahrain.
The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and supplies to and from a main base or forward bases. The aircraft is large enough to transport a Chinook helicopter. It is also capable of tactical transport of, for example, wounded and for airdrops. The C-17 takes its name from two previous heavy transport aircraft, the C-74 Globemaster and the C-124 Globemaster II. Because it is a large aircraft, the C-17 needs a runway length of 2316 m to take off and 1060 m to land.
This photo was taken on the departure day of the Bahrain International Airshow (BIAS) on January 24, 2016.
I am Jaap van den Berg and photography has become a great passion of mine since 2010. Since then I travel all over the world to take pictures of military aircrafts. But besides aircraft I also love to photograph other subjects like landscapes, architecture, flowers, animals, .. Read more…