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USAF Awards Boeing Contract with Potential Worth of Nearly $3.5 Billion for C-17 Support

USAF Awards Boeing Contract with Potential Worth of Nearly $3.5 Billion for C-17 Support
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transported 823 Afghan citizens from Hamid Karzai International Airport on Aug. 15. The initial count of 640 passengers included only adults, inadvertently leaving off 183 children seated in laps as passengers were transported from the flight line. The correct total passenger count of 823 is a record for the C-17. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force on Sept. 27 awarded Boeing [BA] a contract that could be worth nearly $3.5 billion over the next decade for C-17 sustainment under the long-term C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program (GISP). "This contract will provide support and sustainment services to the government product support manager/product support integrator for the C-17 weapon system," DoD said in a contract announcement. "Support includes, but is not limited to: program management; sustaining logistics; material and equipment management; sustaining engineering; quality…

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