the photographs were taken by Master Sgt. Andrew N. Dunaway. Here’s a sample of his work.
He does better work than that photo.
The link below is interesting.
http://boards.history.com/topic/Current-Events/Who-Was-On/520047771
What’s rather odd to me is that they would choose such an overcast day — even with the backup “weather” days.
Another thing about the photo. I highly doubt Master Sgt. Dunaway would have any “glare” from the cockpit in his photos! As you said, his work is much better than this. This looks like a photo a tourist might take out of an airplane window when descending for landing. I have a few picture like that myself — and the glare is always there due to the double-panes, even on an angle.
Too many questions, and even more after Polarik’s study of the photo itself, IMHO.