The Airbus A400M
The first Airbus A400M, the RAF's new heavy transport aircraft, was unveiled yesterday in Seville, Spain.
The long-range turbo-prop aircraft is expected to take to the air for the first time later in the year.
The RAF has 25 on order to replace its oldest US-built Lockheed Hercules planes early in the next decade. They will be based at RAF Brize Norton, in west Oxfordshire.
The aircraft is capable of carrying a 32-tonne payload for 2,000 miles, or up to 116 paratroopers.
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