(McDonnell Douglas)Boeing C-17 Globemaster III.
The Boeing (former McDonnell Douglas) C-17 Globemaster III is an American strategic transport aircraft, built by Boeing Integrated Defense Systems and in service with the US Air Force, Royal Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Canadian Forces Air Command, Indian Air Force and Qatar Air Force, among others.
A number of NATO members, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and the United States, as well as Finland and Sweden) jointly procured three C-17 Globemaster IIIs in 2009 under the banner of Strategic Airlift Capability. These three aircraft are stationed at Pápa Air Base in Hungary. The Netherlands is one of the largest users with more than 500 flight hours.
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…