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Boeing Marks Joining of C-17 Sections For NATO Capability

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Friday, March 20th, 2009

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Boeing [BA] March 13 marked a key milestone at its C-17 final assembly facility in Long Beach--the "major join" ceremony for the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) consortium's first C-17 Globemaster III. The unique SAC approach to shared use of the strategic airlifter was hailed as a model for the future acquisition and management of defense capabilities for NATO and European Union (EU) missions. During major join, the C-17 airlifter's four major sections--the forward, center and aft fuselages and wing assembly--are…

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