| Demonstrating its capacity to deter an attack by infrared-guided missiles, a C-17 deploys an awesome display of flares. |
| A C-17 approaches Edwards Air Force Base. Note Rogers Dry Lake in the background. This lake, more than 12 miles long and as hard as concrete, makes the world's largest and finest emergency field. The prominent nose boom housed instruments used to collect data for flight evaluation, and was not employed on production aircraft. |
