At its Long Beach facility today, foreign and Boeing Co. officials celebrated the delivery of Qatar 02, Qatar Emiri Air Force's second C-17 Globemaster III.
"On behalf of the Qatar Emiri Air Force, I want to thank Boeing's C-17 work force and suppliers for a job well done," said Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Malki, head of Qatar's airlift selection committee. "The C-17s you built for Qatar will help us extend our reach when supporting humanitarian aid, disaster relief and peacekeeping missions."
Qatar 02 will stop at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., before heading to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Waning domestic orders in recent years have prompted Boeing to seek out foreign orders to supplement its production line, which employs about 5,000 workers in Long Beach and thousands nationwide through suppliers.
Of the 206 C-17s in service worldwide, 17 have been placed with international customers, including the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Australian Air Force and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability consortium of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.
In 2008, Qatar became the first Middle East nation to order the C-17 and was delivered its first on Aug. 11.
"On behalf of the Qatar Emiri Air Force, I want to thank Boeing's C-17 work force and suppliers for a job well done," said Brig. Gen. Ahmed Al-Malki, head of Qatar's airlift selection committee. "The C-17s you built for Qatar will help us extend our reach when supporting humanitarian aid, disaster relief and peacekeeping missions."
Qatar 02 will stop at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., before heading to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Waning domestic orders in recent years have prompted Boeing to seek out foreign orders to supplement its production line, which employs about 5,000 workers in Long Beach and thousands nationwide through suppliers.
Of the 206 C-17s in service worldwide, 17 have been placed with international customers, including the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force, the Canadian Forces, the Royal Australian Air Force and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability consortium of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.
In 2008, Qatar became the first Middle East nation to order the C-17 and was delivered its first on Aug. 11.
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