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    1st Boeing C-130 AMP Low-Rate Initial Production Aircraft Inducted at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center

    ST. LOUIS, Aug. 30, 2010 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] today announced the induction of the first C-130 aircraft slated to receive the Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) upgrade at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Ga. This is the first of 20 aircraft to be upgraded during low-rate initial production (LRIP).

    “Warner Robins is ready to receive the C-130 and begin installing the AMP kits,” said Tommy Jackson, C-130 AMP deputy program manager for the U.S. Air Force. “Our team has been trained by Boeing, and we are excited to get the first of many aircraft through our line and upgraded.”

    Air Force workers at Robins will install glass cockpits that include a head-up display; six flat-panel, full-color displays; and night-vision capability in 10 of the 20 LRIP aircraft. Warner Robins will receive its second C-130 for AMP modification in October.
    “The C-130 AMP is production-ready,” said Mahesh Reddy, C-130 AMP program manager for Boeing. “Today marks a very important day for the warfighter. Boeing and the Air Force are one step closer to delivering a fleet of C-130 AMP aircraft.”

    Boeing will begin its portion of the installations in early 2012 at its San Antonio facility.
    A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is one of the world’s largest defense, space and security businesses specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer solutions, and the world’s largest and most versatile manufacturer of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Defense, Space & Security is a $34 billion business with 68,000 employees worldwide.

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  • U.S. Marine Killed in Philippine Plane Crash Identified

    The Marine who died in a Thursday plane crash in the Philippines was an intelligence and electrotonic warfare specialist assigned to a unit in California, the service announced on Sunday. Sgt. Jacob Durham was one of four people who died following the crash of a Beechcraft King Air 350 in the Philippine province of Maguindanao del Sur, according to the statement from I Marine Expeditionary Force. Durham, assigned to 1st Radio Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, IMEF, and three DoD contractors were aboard the aircraft owned by Metrea on “a routine mission in support of U.S.-Philippine security cooperation

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