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Air Force

USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.5 Billion C-17 Sustainment Contract

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, April 1st, 2025

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USAF Awards Boeing Nearly $2.5 Billion C-17 Sustainment Contract

Personnel at Joint Base Charleston file past a C-17 after a combat readiness inspection on March 7 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing [BA] a nearly $2.5 billion two-and-a-half year contract for sustainment of the company's C-17 cargo aircraft for Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, the NATO Airlift Management Program, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom. "Work will be performed at various locations including but not limited to Long Beach, California; San Antonio, Texas; Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; Charleston, South Carolina; McCord AFB, Washington; and various locations around the globe, and is expected…

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