First ‘Whitetail’ C-17 Emerges As Final Aircraft Are Built

LOS ANGELES – Boeing has rolled out the first of the final batch of “whitetail” C-17 airlifters, two of which it says have now been sold to an unidentified customer. The completed C-17, seen on the delivery ramp at the company’s Long Beach, California, production site in early December, is painted...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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