Clouds of dust billow out from behind a C-17 as it lands on the dry lake bed at Fort Irwin.
Clouds of dust billow out from behind a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III as it lands on the dry lake bed of Bicycle Lake at Fort Irwin, Calif., on Jan. 15, 1999. The 14th, 15th and 17th Airlift Squadrons from the 437th Air Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., are testing the performance of the Globemaster as it operates from a dirt airstrip.