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.
NATO Allied Air Command is making moves now for its member nations’ air forces to be able to service each others’ fighters, fly them with each others’ weapons, and integrate more closely together than they have in decades, a top official said April 24—ahead of an influx of F-35s and a coming…