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Boeing gets $40 million Air Force delivery order

Deal is for must-pay items on the C-32 and C-40 aircraft.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz
Boeing has been awarded a $40 million delivery order for a previously awarded contract on must-pay items for the C-32 and C-40 aircraft, shown here. U.S. Air Force photo
Boeing has been awarded a $40 million delivery order for a previously awarded contract on must-pay items for the C-32 and C-40 aircraft, shown here. U.S. Air Force photo

WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- Boeing has been awarded a $40 million delivery order for a previously awarded contract on must-pay items for the C-32 and C-40 aircraft.

The deal provides for contractor logistics support.

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Work will be performed in Oklahoma, with an expected completion date of June 2017.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity.

The C-32 provides transportation for national leaders, including primary customers such as the vice president, the first lady, members of the Cabinet and Congress.

It is based on the commercial Boeing 757-200 Business Jet.

The C-40 is based on the commercial Boeing 737-700 Business Jet. It is used by the military to transport U.S. leaders to locations worldwide.

Its primary passengers are combatant commanders but it also ferries members of the White House Cabinet and Congress.

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