@shadowr434 i think you don't know very well the history of modern planes, if AIRBUS is good at creating things that someone else already created then McDD and BOEING do the same thing.
The C17 is an improvement of the McDD YC15 wich is an improvement of the French BREGUET 188 STOL made in 60s
@Mattc23q French air force mirage F1 and French army aviation Puma in tchad.
at 1.19 you can see at the left the elephant rock (it look like an elephant)