U.S. Air Force to Get Five More C-17s
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $693 million firm-fixed price contract modification to buy five additional C-17 Globemaster III strategic airlifters.
The original compact was an indefinitely-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that was awarded on May 13 to buy the first five planes in the Air Force’s 2010 requirement. The contract was issued by the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
The aircraft will be built at Boeing’s Long Beach, Calif., factory and work should be completed by March 20, 2013, according to a Pentagon release.
Source: By Dave Majumdar, 23 January 2012 - DefenceNews (www.defensenews.com)
Photo: A United States Air Force C-17 Globemaster III Military Transport aircraft (Photo by chamorrobible.org)
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