Robertson Favors Boeing's Offer For 60 More C-17s

By Jonathan M. Block / June 19, 2001 at 5:00 AM
The commander-in-chief of U.S. Transportation Command believes the Air Force should consider taking advantage of Boeing's unsolicited offer to produce 60 additional C-17s to close the gap between wartime requirements to haul oversize and outsize materiel and available airlifters. "I can't say absolutely yes, but that is certainly my push and that's the Air Force's push," Gen. Charles Robertson told a group of reporters at a breakfast this morning. Currently, the Pentagon's budget calls for 120 C-17s for the Air...

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