Boeing previews F/A-18 XT for Trump staff during visit to 787 jumbo jet plant

By Jason Sherman / February 17, 2017 at 4:53 PM
Boeing officials plied President Trump's staff with literature on a newly rebranded variant of the Super Hornet -- the F/A-18 XT -- which the defense contractor is pitching in response to Trump's request for a proposal to compete against the Navy's Joint Strike Fighter aircraft requirement. During a Feb. 17 visit to Boeing's commercial aircraft manufacturing line in North Charleston, SC, Reince Priebus, Trump's chief of staff, was spotted holding a brochure for "the F/A-18 XT" as he boarded a...

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