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Boeing Delivers Strategic Airlifter Capability To Final Assembly Point

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Friday, July 17th, 2009

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Boeing Company [BA] this week delivered the first Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) C-17 Globemaster III during a ceremony at its final assembly facility in Long Beach, paving the way for the advanced airlifter's historic arrival at Papa Air Base, Hungary, later this month. The SAC's approach to shared use of the strategic airlifter is regarded as a model for the pooled acquisition and management of defense capabilities. "I salute the 12 nations that have joined together to form the Strategic…

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