USAF Pic of the Day

[tomahawk6]

C-17's over Charleston,SC

 

[Franko]

That is a huge amount of money in the air at one time.       

Regards

 

[tomahawk6]

The American taxpayer is very generous. ;D

 

[karl28]

Besides being  a cool picture . That's allot of C-17 in the air WOW

 

[CougarKing]

Do you have another pic/version of that pic where the USS Yorktown II (CV10) museum at Patriot's Point, SC, just below the bridge in that pic, comes into view?

 

[tomahawk6]

There is a HiRes pic. It might show it.
http://www.defenselink.mil/dodcmsshare/WeekInPhotos/2007-12/hires_hires_071220-F-4177H-920a.jpg

 

[Mike Baker]

That is a huge amount of money in the air at one time.         

Regards

+1. Very nice picture though. Can you imagine if all those were Canadian? ;D

 

[oldpond]

Looks fake to me.  Look at the jaggies in the hi-rez photo.

 

[aesop081]

Looks fake to me.  Look at the jaggies in the hi-rez photo.

Why would it be fake ? The USAF routinely conducts airdrops of much larger size with the C-17. No need to fake a picture.

 

[oldpond]

Sorry, didn't mean to suggest anyone was trying to pull the wool over our eyes.  Just thought it looked photoshopped. 

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Sorry, didn't mean to suggest anyone was trying to pull the wool over our eyes.  Just thought it looked photoshopped. 

Guess I am missing something here...looks no different then similiar pictures I have seen in the past.

 

[tomahawk6]

A nice pic of a C-17 with museum in background.

Multi-ship formation.

 

[Good2Golf]

C-17's over Charleston,SC

I bet the pic was taken from the ramp of another C-17!  ;D

G2G

 

[dapaterson]

There we go!  We'll replace the Snowbirds Tutors with C-17s and have them do airshows PLUS cargo hauling.  That way everybody's happy...

 

[krustyrl]

It would certainly make for an interesting "Upwards-Downwards Bomburst" wouldn't ya think.?   

 

[CougarKing]

A nice pic of a C-17 with museum in background.

T6,
Thanks for the additional pics of the C-17(s) that also show the USS Yorktown II (CV-10) Museum at Patriots' Point, SC. Great flyover shots!

 

[Armymedic]

Looks fake to me.  Look at the jaggies in the hi-rez photo.

Why would it be fake ? The USAF routinely conducts airdrops of much larger size with the C-17. No need to fake a picture.

All those C-17s pictures wouldn't drop a single infantry regiment of the 82nd Airborne. There are more than double that many C17 at Pope Air Force base (beside Ft Bragg) alone.

 

[tomahawk6]

True but the C-17 can carry 102 per bird - still impressive.

 

[Shamrock]

Looks fake to me.  Look at the jaggies in the hi-rez photo.

Dunno what a jaggie is, but what're them circles around the boat below the bridge?

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

Dunno what a jaggie is, but what're them circles around the boat below the bridge?

Which picture?