This is a handout photo from Boeing, which provides these pictures to journalists who, like me, register at their Web site. Here is the Boeing-supplied cutline:
"Boeing C-17 Globemaster III The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced that it intends to lease four Boeing C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft for the Royal Air Force, making Britain the first international customer for the airlifter. The C-17 is a jet-powered cargo airplane capable of carrying up to 169,000 pounds intercontinental distances, yet can land on small austere fields as short as 3,000 feet."
Boeing digitized this photo in May, 2000.