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Boeing deliveries 6th C-17A Globemaster III to Royal Air Force (RAF)

St. Louis, USA - The ceremony yesterday in Long Beach

The Boeing Company delivered the United Kingdom's sixth C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force (RAF) yesterday during a ceremony at the company's Long Beach, Calif., C-17 manufacturing facility. The delivery completes the RAF's initial order for the world's most advanced airlifter. The C-17 will operate out of RAF base Brize Norton near London, home of the Strategic Air Transport and Air-to-Air...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1090879
Rome, Italy, 06/12/2008 16:06
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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