USAF Overpaid For C-17 Parts, More Oversight Needed, Watchdog Says

A Boeing C-17 at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, in August.

Credit: U.S. Air Force
An anonymous tip about an expensive soap dispenser for the lavatory on a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III has led to the Pentagon’s watchdog urging the U.S. Air Force and Defense Contract Management Agency to increase oversight of contracts with a warning that it could impact the fleet’s readiness. The...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C. Before joining Aviation Week in August 2021, he covered the Pentagon for Air Force Magazine. Brian began covering defense aviation in 2011 as a reporter for Military Times.

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