Kuwait AF C17 + Travis & Elmendorf one's @ Prestwick

[eng3]

Hi, sunny on the road down from Ardrossan (only 20 mins. away) but hit a bank of cloud over Prestwick. Maybe just as well as we know that sometimes white can give off quite a glare.

KAF 342 on short finals for runway 30.




Blue Skies visible just to the north of the field - far end of the runway was in sunshine.




A recent visit from an Alaskan C17





...and the '"Spirit of The Golden Bear" Travis escort for the RB57 that went through last week.




Thanks for Looking

[LN Strike Eagle]

Nice to see C-17s wearing something other than grey, but don't think this scheme suits the airframe as well as the Qatar livery. This seems to accentuate the dumpy proportions IMO.

[Beefy]

Lovely shots Michael I'm not just saying this to disagree with LN but in my opinion I think that scheme really suits the C-17 and is much more attractive than they dull grey that the majority are painted in! It's not that far removed from the old MAC white/grey scheme and personally I think the USAF fleet would have looked far better in that scheme than what we see them in.