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USAF orders 15 Boeing C-17A Globemaster III strategic cargo airplane

Washington, USA - The production line will be kept until 2010

The US Air Force has ordered 15 C-17 military transport planes from US manufacturer Boeing valued at 2.9 billion dollars, the Pentagon announced. In a statement, Chicago-based Boeing said the new contract "Will keep C-17s moving down our production line until at least August 2010, even as we complete existing orders from the Air Force and our international customers.” The contract was awarded t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1099584
Rome, Italy, 02/09/2009 18:08
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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