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Air Force

Boeing Inks Deal For 8th C-17 Globemaster III For U.K.

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

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Boeing [BA] signed an agreement with the United Kingdom for one C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft, the company said yesterday. The C-17, due later this year, will be the eighth delivered to the Royal Air Force, Boeing said. Boeing has delivered 241 C-17s worldwide, including 216 to the U.S. Air Force, the company said. Twenty-five C-17s have been delivered to Australia, Canada, Qatar, the United Arab Emeritus, United Kingdom and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of the North Atlantic…

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