Military cargo planes
Big gray propeller planes and jets that fly low over the same route day after day are often military transports practicing approaches, airdrops or formation flying.
They carry troops, vehicles and supplies, and they fly a lot, so they're some of the military aircraft you're most likely to see.
How to tell them apart
Four propellers
A C-130 Hercules. The newer C-130J has six-blade propellers.
Four jet engines, a T-tail and a high wing
A C-17 Globemaster III.
Like a C-17, but noticeably bigger and fatter
A C-5 Galaxy, one of the largest planes flying.
Two propellers mounted high on the wing
A smaller tactical transport, like the C-27J Spartan or the Airbus C295.
Propellers that tilt up like a helicopter
The V-22 Osprey.
Every one Bogey can identify
Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIThe Globemaster
Lockheed C-130 HerculesThe Hercules
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super HerculesSuper Herc
Lockheed C-5 GalaxyThe Galaxy
Bell Boeing V-22 OspreyThe Osprey
Airbus A400M AtlasThe Atlas
Airbus C295The Airlifter
Antonov An-12The Cub
Antonov An-32The Cline
Antonov An-72The STOL Transport
Beechcraft C-12 HuronHuron
Beechcraft U-21 UteThe Ute
Grumman C-2 GreyhoundThe COD
Antonov An-22 AnteiThe Antei
Boeing C-135 StratolifterThe Stratolifter
CASA C-212 AviocarThe Aviocar
CASA CN-235The CN-235
Ilyushin Il-76The Candid
Leonardo C-27J SpartanThe Baby Herc
Antonov An-124 RuslanThe Ruslan
Boeing C-32Air Force Two
Boeing C-40 ClipperClipperRead next
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