Kuwaiti Globemaster Delivered

摘要

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III KAF342 (b F-264/KAF-1, ex 13-0001) was delivered to the Kuwait Air Force on February 13. It is about to touch down at Long Beach, California, at the end of its second test sortie on February 5, having completed its maiden flight on January 31. It arrived at RAF Mildenahll, Suffolk, on February 18 on its delivery flight. Kuwait ordered two of the transports through Foreign Military Sales channels, with notification of the first on September 10, 2010 (see One C-17A Sought by Kuwait, November 2010, p27) and the second on April 16, 2013 (see One Additional C-17A Sought by Kuwait, July 2013, p21). A total of 260 C-17As have been delivered to eight customers.