Boeing delivered its second C-17 strategic transport to the United Arab Emirates Air Force and Air Defence on 10 June, exactly one month after the service had accepted its first example.
Pictured at Boeing’s Long Beach site in California, the aircraft is among six on order for the UAE. Two more of these will be delivered this year, with the remaining two to be handed over during 2012.
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Source: FlightGlobal.com
Croatia’s first six of 12 Dassault Aviation Rafales were transferred to Velika Gorica near Zagreb on 25 April.
Boeing’s defence unit incurred losses of $222 million against a pair of fixed-price contracts in the first quarter of this year, but was buoyed by strong order performance during the same period.
The United Arab Emirates’ fourth GlobalEye surveillance aircraft departed Saab’s Linkoping modification site on 18 April.
