USAF to buy 80 more C-17s for $16.2 billion

The U.S. Air Force on Friday signed $16.2 billion in multi-year contracts for 80 additional C-17 airlifters, but it hasn't decided whether the buy will span six or seven years. In either case, the deal covers the longest period and is largest contract ever entered into by the U.S. government, the...

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