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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Minister for Defence and Minister for Defence Materiel – joint media release – purchase of additional C17

[C-17 Globemaster III]Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare today announced that Australia will purchase a sixth C-17A Globemaster III heavy-lift aircraft.

The aircraft will be purchased through the United States Foreign Military Sales program, at a total acquisition cost of around $280 million.

The purchase of the sixth C-17A will double the number of C-17A aircraft available for operations at any one time from two to four.

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