10 C-17 aircraft destined for India

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

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US Congress approves sale of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to India
2010-06-03 16:30:00

The US Congress has reportedly approved the sale of C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to India under the foreign military sales programme.

According to reports, the Obama Administration had notified the Congress about the sale of Globemaster aircraft to New Delhi and had sought its approval over the deal.

"India's intent to buy ten C-17 Globemaster IIIs has received U.S. congressional approval. New Delhi is now one step closer to acquiring the C-17s," The Daily Times quoted a Boeing official, as saying.

The official said that the aircraft would ably suit India's requirement of both military and humanitarian needs.

The C-17 Globemaster III is a large military transport aircraft. The C-17 was developed for the United States Air Force from the 1980s to the early 1990s.

The C-17 is used for rapid strategic airlift of troops and cargo to main operating bases or forward operating bases.

It is also capable of performing tactical airlift, medical evacuation and airdrop missions. (ANI)

http://sify.com/news/us-congress-approves-sale-of-c-17-globemaster-iii-aircraft-to-india-news-international-kgdq4difiag.html

The Inspector · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:37 pm

Will those be new build (and keeping you in paychecks) or off the back lot @ beautiful downtown Palmdale? The IAF's Il-76's must be getting beyond economical repair

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

The Inspector wrote:

Will those be new build (and keeping you in paychecks) or off the back lot @ beautiful downtown Palmdale? The IAF's Il-76's must be getting beyond economical repair

No C-17s in Palmdale that I am aware of... These are going to be brand new. I think India might be considering a purchase of new Soviet equipment as well. Once they get a C-17 though they may change their mind about those.

kingofthezing · **Posted:** Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:37 pm

I would hope they are new build... I'm all for any and all FMS of the C-17! Believe this should keep the line open until 2014...

Simon Beck · **Joined:** Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:20 pm **Posts:** 137

All C-17 aircraft are built at Boeing's Long Beach plant which was
the McDonnell Douglas DC-8, DC-9 and DC-10 plant and originally
the Douglas C-47 plant in WW2.

Great to see the C-17 still in production. Any and all foreign sales
is a good thing.

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