U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III.
The McDonnell Douglas/Boeing C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft developed for the US Air Force in the '80s and early '90s by McDonnell Douglas.
The C-17 bears the name of two previous military cargo aircraft, the Douglas C-74 Globemaster and the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
This photo was taken on Friday 5 May 2017 at Barksdale Air Force Base on the eve of the airshow that weekend. A few seconds after this picture was taken, a number of paratroopers jumped from the aircraft above the airbase.
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…