Twelve-nation consortium ready for first C-17
Officials of the12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability, or SAC, consortium will celebrate the activation of the operational unit, known as the Heavy Airlift Wing, and arrival of the unit's first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, in a ceremony on Jul. 27.
The 12 participating nations -- Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Sweden and the United States -- have established the SAC consortium to jointly acquire and operate three C-17s from a single base of operations for the next 30 years.
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