This time next year, the Royal Air Force will be receiving its seventh Long Beach-manufactured military airlifter.
Boeing Co. is set to deliver the C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force in December 2010, according to the firm, which announced today that it signed with United Kingdom Ministry of Defence this week an agreement for the acquisition of a seventh C-17.
The new C-17 -- which is assembled by a workforce of about 5,000 based in Long Beach -- will join a UK fleet of six C-17s, which to date have logged more than 50,000 hours of flight.
"The RAF's C-17s have served the United Kingdom well, performing superbly in aeromedical evacuations, humanitarian and disaster-relief missions, and in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Tommy Dunehew, Boeing Global Mobility Systems vice president of Business Development. "And now more help is on the way."
"The RAF has an urgent need for additional airlift capability," said Robin Philip, head of Commercial Air Support, UK Ministry of Defence. "We know firsthand the capabilities and reliability the C-17 brings to every mission, and that's why we're adding another one to our fleet."
When delivered, the newest C-17 will operate out of RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, and support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and lend humanitarian aid to victims of Southeast Asia tsunamis and Pakistani earthquakes.
Boeing Co. is set to deliver the C-17 Globemaster III to the Royal Air Force in December 2010, according to the firm, which announced today that it signed with United Kingdom Ministry of Defence this week an agreement for the acquisition of a seventh C-17.
The new C-17 -- which is assembled by a workforce of about 5,000 based in Long Beach -- will join a UK fleet of six C-17s, which to date have logged more than 50,000 hours of flight.
"The RAF's C-17s have served the United Kingdom well, performing superbly in aeromedical evacuations, humanitarian and disaster-relief missions, and in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Tommy Dunehew, Boeing Global Mobility Systems vice president of Business Development. "And now more help is on the way."
"The RAF has an urgent need for additional airlift capability," said Robin Philip, head of Commercial Air Support, UK Ministry of Defence. "We know firsthand the capabilities and reliability the C-17 brings to every mission, and that's why we're adding another one to our fleet."
When delivered, the newest C-17 will operate out of RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, England, and support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and lend humanitarian aid to victims of Southeast Asia tsunamis and Pakistani earthquakes.
Karen Robes Meeks came to work for the Press-
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