Boeing might have to pay the Air Force an additional $412 million—funds from the original C-17 contract—if the Air Force finds the service paid too much for the airlifter, according to various news reports. The Air Force has been reviewing the award made in 2000 as part of its investigation into contracts negotiated during the tenure of former USAF acquisition official Darleen Druyun. Earlier this summer, Boeing agreed to a Justice Department settlement in which it will pay $615 million for misconduct related to several programs.
The U.S. sent Air Force F-16s over central Syria in a show of force following the Dec. 13 killing of two U.S. Army Soldiers and one American civilian interpreter by a gunman linked to the Islamic State group.
