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Boeing delivers 5th C-17 airplane to UAE Air Force and Air Defence

Long Beach, Usa - Four aircraft delivered to UAE in 2011; 6th scheduled for delivery in 2012

Boeing delivered a fifth C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Air Force and Air Defence earlier this month. The UAE accepted delivery of four C-17s in 2011 and has one more airlifter on order for delivery later this year. The UAE, Boeing's sixth international C-17 customer, received its first airlifter on May 10, 2011. Since that time, the UAE Air Force and Air Defence...

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Rome, Italy, 05/23/2012 17:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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