A C-17 Globemaster III cargo jet displayed at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Park appears in the Warner Bros. film, according to museum.
The C-17 is a hand-built test prototype that spent its years in the sky near Hollywood at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
The jet, first flown in 1991, was added to the museum’s collection in April 2012.
The cargo plane has a resume-length Hollywood career. Instead of mission markings, the side of the jet displays black silhouettes of tri-podded studio cameras noting appearances in the films “Transformers,” and the sequel “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” and both “Iron Man” and “Iron Man 2.” The jet also made an appearance in country music star Toby Keith’s video “American Soldier.”
The C-17 isn’t the only plane with a Hollywood credit at the museum. A Navy F-4 Phantom II sit-in cockpit was used in scenes for the former ABC television series “Call to Glory,” and a Grumman OA-12 Duck had frame time in the 1971 film, “Murphy’s War,” starring Peter O’Toole. A C-82 in restoration appeared in the 1965 movie “The Flight of the Phoenix” with Air Force veteran Jimmy Stewart.
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