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Boeing ready to deliver first C-17 aircraft to India

Delhi, India - Great performances, but sensitive costs

The Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has shortly become an element of the Nato tactical transport system backbone. It is a complex aircraft, capable of high performances about payload and runways. The programme has been noticed by many customer countries. India is one of these customers, and it ordered 10 C-17 Globemaster IIIs. Boeing announced today it has joined the forward, centre, aft fuselage and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1144101
Rome, Italy, 08/01/2012 15:37
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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