I would say the smoke is from the same image as the C-17. You can clearly see the straight line of the runway it was really landing on. It would be very easy to crop it & paste it directly over the carrier. A young child could do it.
That C-17 has been compressed sideways to make more of it "fit on the carrier deck".....the "smoke" I would guess, is dust from a dirt strip from some test or flying drop of cargo.....even I could have generated an image like this one..........
first the wingtips would smash the tower of the carrier. second, a C-130 is capable of doing this, but only when it has some JATO's attached to it. a C-17 which is alot heavier, wouldn't be able to lift of so quickly, not even when it's empty and low on fuel.