The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company manufactures a wide variety of airlift and tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force including the C-17 Globemaster III, the most versatile airlifter ever built. Boeing built both the KC-135 and KC-10 tankers currently in use by the Air Force, the KDC-10 for international sales and is developing future tanker versions of the C-17 and 767. Four modified 757s are used as VIP transports (military C-32A) by the 89 th Airlift Wing at Andrews AFB, MD. The 89 th also flies Air Force One, specially configured 747s. Modified 737 aircraft (military C-40) are replacing the C-9 for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force missions. Boeing is on contract to deliver 190 C-17s to the Air Force and has sold C -17s to the Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force and Canada. Boeing is working to develop other international military sales and commercial BC-17X freighter sales.

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