The Air Force will lease five C-37A aircraft from Gulfstream under the terms of a $477 million contract awarded today, the Defense Department announced. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., according to DOD, has won the lucrative "Commanders-in-Chief Support Aircraft Replacement Program," which is designed to provide CINCs and other senior government officials -- including the defense secretary -- with the means to quickly deploy when "matters of national security" require it, according to the program's operational requirements document . "Mission requirements could...
