“This contract defines the C-17 as the new global airlift standard–it has proven itself time and again in service around the world, and will be the air-lifter of choice well into the 21st Century,” said George Muellner, vice president and general manager, Air Force Systems, a business unit of Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.

The additional aircraft will bring the total number of C-17s in the US Air Force fleet to 180. More than 30,000 men and women at 700 C-17 supplier locations throughout the United States and across the globe support the Boeing C-17 team. A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems, or IDS, is one of the world’s largest space and defense businesses. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated Defense Systems is a $23 billion business.