Defense: Military Transports And Bombers — 2017 Photo Contest

A Luftwaffe A400M seen over the Severn Estuary.

A "lucky shot" taken from a Cessna 172 at 2,000 ft. altitude of a German Air Force C-160 Transall approaching Texel International Airport for a fly-by on its way home after participating in the Heldair-100 airshow.

After finishing an aerial performance, a C-17 Globemaster of the 105th Airlift Wing from Stewart Air National Guard Base in New York taxis past the crowd at the Westfield International Airshow in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Although it's a simple vehicle, a bicycle is still efficient when transporting hardware throughout the ramp to this high-tech Embraer KC-390.

A B-1B from the U.S. Air Force Ninth Bomber Sqdn. flying a mission over the Pacific Ocean while deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam.

Cemetery of old aircraft in the center of Moscow.

A400M Atlas flies over a single patch of blue sky during its display at the  2017 Royal International Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford.

The B-2 is captured from above through a hole in the clouds just before it flew over the start of the Rose Bowl football game in Pasadena, California.

Flight test crew in the cockpit of an Embraer KC-390 during a high altitude test flight with the rear ramp open.

Customer eyes an aircraft on the flight line at the 2017 Moscow Air Show.

While shooting a commercial site, a USAF E-4 was spotted performing approaches into Colorado Springs Municipal Airport.

An Omega Air Refueling KC-707 refuels the X-47B unmanned combat aerial system in the first ever instance of autonomous aerial refueling of an unmanned aircraft.

Although being a simple vehicle, a bicycle is still efficient when transporting hardware throughout the ramp to this high-tech Embraer KC-390

Swiss Air Force Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porters flying in formation over central Switzerland.

This P-8 was a new acquisition for the Royal Australian Air Force (A47-001). It was on static display at the RAAF Edinburgh. This view shows the labyrinth of cable, hydraulic plumbing and mechanical linkages within the main landing gear stowage area.

Moscow flight show-2017.

Airbus Industries A400M splashes through water at Twente Airport for tests on a very wet runway.

The Omega Air KC-10 flies alongside an F/A-18C with the VX-23 "Salty Dogs."

Synchronized flying at the San Francisco Air Show on Oct. 6, 2017.

Ground fog rises around one of the KC-135s at Key Field Air National Guard Base, Meridian, Miss, on Sept. 15, 2017.

A New York Air National Guard LC-130 returns from a polar training mission on the Greenland Ice Cap.