‘We are under attack’: US military aircraft lands in Russia, sparks wild theories

The C-17 Globemaster III is a heavy strategic transport aircraft designed to rapidly move troops, vehicles and large cargo over long distancesA US Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on Tuesday, triggering speculation over the unexplained purpose of the highly unusual flight at a time when US-Russia contacts over the Ukraine war have lost momentum.The aircraft, operating as RCH4555, flew from Riga, Latvia, to Moscow, according to publicly available Flightradar24 data. It departed Riga at around 8:50am Moscow time and landed at Vnukovo shortly after 10am. Footage of the aircraft’s arrival showed a cameraman apparently joking, “we are under attack!” as the US military plane descended towards the airport.The flight immediately a