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Kuwait Air Force [Fleet Info] Boeing C-17A Globemaster
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6th November 2017 - 12:11 GMT | by Uldduz
Larki in London
The US’s proposed sale to Kuwait for continuation
of C-17
Globemaster III logistics support services and equipment will be
playing a much wider role in the country’s efforts to advance stability in the
Middle Eastern region.
As announced by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency
(DSCA) on 12 October, Kuwait has been approved by the US government for a FMS
at an estimated cost of $342.6 million.
Kuwait has requested three years of follow up support for
two C-17 aircraft, with a possibility of two optional years.
The potential sale will include participation in the
Globemaster III integrated sustainment programme, which began in 2011 with the
USAF’s Air Logistics Center.
It will also include a contract of logistic support,
Class I modifications and kits support, in-country contractor support,
alternate mission equipment, major modification and retrofit, software support,
aircraft maintenance and technical support.
The DSCA said that the proposed sale will contribute to
the foreign policy and national security of the US by helping to improve the
security of ‘a friendly country’.
Kuwait plays a big role in providing the US with basing,
access, as well as transit for the US forces in the region.
‘This proposed sale is required to maintain the
operational readiness of the Kuwaiti Air Force's C-17 aircraft. Kuwait’s
current FMS contract supporting its C-17s [which expired in September
2017]. Kuwait will have no difficulty absorbing this support,’ the DSCA
said in a press release.
The C-17 Globemaster III was designed
to meet the USAF’s military and humanitarian airlift needs into
the 21st century.
The C-17 is a high-wing, four-engine, T-tailed aircraft
with a rear loading ramp, which can carry large combat equipment and troops or
humanitarian aid across intercontinental distances directly to small austere
airfields.
On 12 September 2013, Boeing formally delivered the last
of 223 aircraft ordered for the USAF, and since then Kuwait has purchased two.
Boeing delivered Kuwait’s first C-17 in 2014.
Original post: shephardmedia.com
C-17 Globemaster III: Details
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