Algeria may have received into service a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifter, local media reported on 10 December.

A C-17 in Algerian Air Force (al Quwwat al Jawwiya al Jaza'eriya) markings landed at Algiers Houari Boumediene Airport on the same day as the announcement, the Secret Difa3 blog reported eyewitnesses as saying.

Boeing has previously confirmed Algerian interest in the C-17, but had not responded to a request for comment on the reported delivery by the time IHS Jane's went to press. In September 2013 Boeing told IHS Jane's that the company was in the early stages of negotiations with Algeria for a number of different types of aircraft, including the C-17.

A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifter, sporting what initially believed to be the roundel of the Algerian Air Force, arrived in Algiers, on Dec. 10, according to Secret Difa 3, a blog focusing on defense topics in the Maghreb region.

The report is based on the testimonies of some locals who have seen the giant cargo land at the Houari Boumediene airport at 5:09PM LT.

However, the same source later found that the airlifter belonged to the Qatari Emiri Air Force.