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NATO C-17 Aircrew School Will Move To U.K. Under New Boeing Contract

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

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NATO C-17 Aircrew School Will Move To U.K. Under New Boeing Contract

Boeing received a $986 million award from the U.S. Air Force for services for the C-17. Photo: Air Force.

NATO countries that fly the Boeing [BA] C-17 Globemaster will begin training aircrews at the company’s international training center (ITC) in the United Kingdom rather than sending them to the United States.Under the recently awarded $8 million contract, 10 NATO member nations and two Partnership for Peace countries that participate in the strategic airlift capability (SAC) program will begin training multi-national aircrews this year, according to Boeing.“Boeing met the customer need to have access to affordable, high-quality training for aircrews…

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