Boeing delivers 4th C-17 aircraft to Indian Air Force

[Bhai Zakir]

Boeing delivers 4th C-17 aircraft to Indian Air Force

WASHINGTON: Boeing has delivered its fourth C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to the Indian Air Force (IAF), with one more to be supplied by the year-end.

This keeps the American aircraft giant on track to deliver five of the large, versatile military transport aircraft to the IAF this year, and five more in 2014.

Once India receives all the of the ten aircraft, it will be the largest C-17 operator outside the United States.

Since its first flight in 1991, the C-17 has amassed more than 2.6 million flying hours, airlifting troops, large cargo, delivering humanitarian supplies by precision airdrop and performing lifesaving aeromedical missions.

Most recently, the IAF used its C-17s to support Cyclone Phailin relief efforts.

Boeing will complete production of C-17s in the fourth quarter of 2015, an official release said.

In addition to the remaining C-17s for India, the company will build 15 more for other customers outside the United States an official release said.

So far Boeing has delivered 258 C-17s, including 223 to the US Air Force and a total of 35 to Australia, Canada, India, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-to-Indian-Air-Force/articleshow/24752066.cms

 

[Nishan_101]

Soon IAF will order 20 more to complete their requirement of 30 of them.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Soon IAF will order 20 more to complete their requirement of 30 of them.

ameen summa ameen i hope they go for equal number of A 400 aswell

 

[[Bregs]]

Americans delivery schedule of weapon systems is impeccable

 

[Waar]

Keep on buying. We will take them over after Ghazwa e hind.

 

[GURU DUTT]

Keep on buying. We will take them over after Ghazwa e hind.

he he he he he apna ghar sambhalta nahi aur ye chale hain hume fateh katrne ...billi ke khwaabon me chi***

 

[Nishan_101]

ameen summa ameen i hope they go for equal number of A 400 aswell

Yes heard that too that IAF is seeking to get about 30 A-400Ms or like 20 A-400Ms and 20 C-130Js additional other than 30 C-17s...

 

[gslv mk3]

Keep on buying. We will take them over after Ghazwa e hind.

OMG another Zaid Hamid fan....

 

[Capt.Popeye]

Keep on buying. We will take them over after Ghazwa e hind.

HahaHa; you need to be waiting for "Ghazwa-e-Lal Topiwalla Bandar" before that. Has that also been "prophesized"? Lots of dreams in these asinine "prophesies" ain't it?

Now on the main topic: the C-17s are coming in nice and easy. Time for the IAF to consider another batch going into the future, maybe another batch of six of them.

 

[sancho]

Soon IAF will order 20 more to complete their requirement of 30 of them.

Didn't you read the whole article?

Boeing will complete production of C-17s in the fourth quarter of 2015, an official release said.

That means any additional order has to be made now and must be fulfilled within mid 2015, since Boeing can't keep the production line open anymore without orders of the US forces! But with the defence budget constraints that IAF is facing as well, it's not that likely that another batch of these expensive aircrafts will be cleared by finance ministry. That's the chance for Russia and Europe to bring in their IL 476 and A400, which comes at much lower costs, to replace the 2nd half of the old IL76 fleet.

 

[Abingdonboy]

That means any additional order has to be made now and must be fulfilled within mid 2015, since Boeing can't keep the production line open anymore without orders of the US forces! But with the defence budget constraints that IAF is facing as well, it's not that likely that another batch of these expensive aircrafts will be cleared by finance ministry. That's the chance for Russia and Europe to bring in their IL 476 and A400, which comes at much lower costs, to replace the 2nd half of the old IL76 fleet.

Sir, I don't really know where you've got this from. The IAF isn't facing any real long-term spending difficulties purely this current 18-24 month period that began in the second quarter of 2012. By Q2-2015 the slight issues the Indian military is facing on spending should be a memory. By 2015 the Indian economy will be growing back around the 6-7% mark.


As such follow-on orders for C-17s are an almost certainty the only question is-how many? The speculation seems to be 6-12 more but we'll have to wait and see.

 

[Nishan_101]

Didn't you read the whole article?



That means any additional order has to be made now and must be fulfilled within mid 2015, since Boeing can't keep the production line open anymore without orders of the US forces! But with the defence budget constraints that IAF is facing as well, it's not that likely that another batch of these expensive aircrafts will be cleared by finance ministry. That's the chance for Russia and Europe to bring in their IL 476 and A400, which comes at much lower costs, to replace the 2nd half of the old IL76 fleet.

Its not the case, actually A-400M is of different class and IAF don't want Russian ones. Also US wanted to keep its production line ON for that IAF orders will going to help a lot and 20 of them can keep it running for the coming 7-8 years.

 

[Chronos]

Keep on buying. We will take them over after Ghazwa e hind.

LOL. I couldn't stop laughing after this. Brilliant satire sir, my hats off to you

 

[RPK]

 

[Tuchha]

Nobody is talking what Americans are doing with 223 of such planes... indeed its a huge Aircraft & they have 223 of them...... Perhaps they can swiftly invade any part of land on this planet.