Boeing has renewed its pledge to continue funding the C-17 production line, at least until President Bush gets and signs the 2008 defense authorization bill. Tim Logan of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Boeing officials on Oct. 30 restated the company’s intention to keep the line warm with its own funds, hoping that there will be additional Air Force orders. The issue, of course, is still very much up in the air. Logan also reports that there is doubt the House version of the bill, which includes funding for 10 additional C-17s, will make it through conference; instead, there is speculation more C-17s would be added to the war supplemental.
F-35 Deliveries Soared to New Record in 2025
Jan. 8, 2026
Lockheed Martin says it delivered 191 F-35 fighters in 2025—just ahead of the goal it set for itself at the beginning of the year as it works to clear a backlog of jets in storage.
