India’s 1st C-17 aircraft gets shape in US; to arrive in 2013

The first of India’s ten ordered Boeing heavy-lift military transport aircraft has got its shape at an exclusive “major join” ceremony at Long Beach attended by the top Indian diplomat of the region and IAF officials. The global aerospace giant Boeing integrated the forward, centre and aft (rear) fuselages and the wing assembly of India’s first C-17 Globe master during the airlifter’s “major join” ceremony. Officials from the Indian embassy in San Francisco and Indian Air Force drove ceremonial rivets into the aircraft, a key milestone in the programme. India’s Consul General in San Fransico Mr N Parthasarathi called the ceremony as “practically riveting the Indo-US relations”.

 

Source: NDTV


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