Long Beach’s Flight of Fortune

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Even in a time of economic uncertainty, the outlook of Boeing Co.’s C-17 production line is rosier than most.

Before the recent fiscal downturn, fears of ending the manufacturing line of Globemaster III cargo jets this year prompted officials early on to find ways to lengthen the life of Southern California’s remaining major airplane manufacturing plant and Long Beach’s largest private employer, with about 5,000 employees.

The result has been a proactive venture into the foreign market, an effort that C-17 program manager Jean Chamberlain says Boeing Co. will continue through 2009.

“We are very aggressively working internationally with a multiple number of countries, particularly since the (Airbus Military) A400M has had to defer their aircraft another four years,” said Chamberlin.



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