India’s first C-17 has entered flight acceptance testing by the U.S. Air force at Edwards AFB, California, as part of a fast-track foreign military sales (FMS) program that will see four other deliveries to India’s Hindon Air Force Station near New Delhi this year. Only the first aircraft will be...
Boeing to supply $4.1 billion in C-17 transport aircraft to India
By 2014, India’s ministry of defense will be the largest owner and operator of the Boeing C-17 transport aircraft outside the United States. A formal $4.1 billion order for ten of the aircraft is expected to keep the production lines in Long Beach (just six miles from where I am...