U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Andrew Gravett, a crew chief with the 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, walks along the top of a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft as he does a routine maintenance check of the aircraft, June 4, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston - Air Base, S.C. The first C-17 to enter the Air Force's inventory arrived at Charleston Air Force Base in June 1993.
The C-17 is capable of rapid strategic delivery of troops and all types of cargo to main operating bases or directly to forward bases in the deployment area. ( photo by Senior Airman Dennis Sloan, U.S. Air Force) Original public domain image from Flickr