U.K. Buys Sixth C-17
The British government will buy a sixth Boeing C-17. The airplane is scheduled for delivery in late 2008 or early 2009. It will be based, with the other five C-17s, at Brize Norton AB. The U.K. is using its strategic airlift fleet heavily to support troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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