Monster US air Force plane just landed

A HUGE US Airforce Jet just landed here. It is the largest plane we have seen this year. Dark Gray and 4 huge engines.

most likely a C-17

It is a C-17 , I just saw it on the airport cam.Wonder why its there

None of your business. It is time this thread was deleted. ?

Sorry?? Why??

Just saw a video of it taking off around sunset. Quite dramatic.

Ignore Rasputin... The C-17 is the heavy duty “go anyware with anything, with not much runway” queen of military carargo haulers. It is flown by USAF and many of our allies as well.

It is able to cary a lot of heavy cargo over long distances and then land on only 3,000 feet of runway with a full load. The aircraft seen at SXM could have been on a training mission, or may have brought in a piece of large / heavy equipment needed by the Netherlands or French authorities. It could also have been on a proficiency training flight to practice short takeoffs and landings. It also does a lot of post-disaster relief work.

The C-17 is a real unique work horse.

Bill (retired USAF)

Hubby said he thinks on the side of this plane was Carolina air national guard printed. we saw it on tarmac across from where we are staying. So maybe it was a training mission?

Take off was truly awesome. Went to sunset beach bar end of runway and was silhouetted by the sun. Galloped down runway, quickly up in the air turned east the circled back over BSV and the airport.

RonDon you are correct. The plane can also back up on it's own. I was the sales manager for the the aluminum company that furnished the machined aluminum wing skins for the C-17. As one of the 10 largest vendors on the program we were asked to support their stand at the Paris airshow in the late 90's. I got to go for a ride.

Story in the DH today

Refueling stop.

Guess there was no reason for secrecy.

I guess not, especially since they let the soldiers go to Sunset Beach Bar.

Wonder where they came from with another 9500 miles left to get to Guam