Friday, February 27, 2009

United Arab Emirates (UAE) Orders C-17A

C-17A 07-7185 (P-185) is captured as she starts her engines for the first time on February 26. (Photo by Michael Carter)

The United Arab Emirates and Boeing announced on February 24th that they had reached an agreement for the purchase of 4 C-17A transports. This was very welcome news at the C-17A plant here in Long Beach which follows the 15 plane order finalized by the USAF earlier in the month.

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