US Air Force C-17 special flight: the secret route of the CIA chief to Moscow
The image shows a US Air Force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III military transport aircraft (registration 07-7181, 452nd Airlift Wing) with its landing gear down. The background map traces its flight path across Latvian and Lithuanian airspace toward Moscow. The photo illustrates the report that CIA Director Ratcliffe arrived in Russia on a covert military flight.