US Navy receives its 12th Boeing C-40A Derivative Aircraft
Posted by Skyler Frink
WICHITA, KS. Oct. 25, 2011. Boeing [NYSE: BA] delivered the 12th C-40A aircraft to the U.S. Navy on Oct. 21. The Boeing 737-700 derivative was modified at the company's Wichita facility for troop and cargo transport missions.
Boeing and Navy representatives marked the milestone with a ceremonial "passing of the key" at the Wichita facility before the aircraft departed for its home base at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego.