WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $106 billion supplemental defense bill moments ago that included good news for Boeing St. Louis workers: $2.2 billion for eight C-17 cargo planes.
The funding matches the initial allotment in the bill for the C-17 line, which…
WASHINGTON — In good news for St. Louis, funding for Boeing’s C-17 cargo planes was restored a short time ago in the supplemental defense spending bill, Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond’s office is reporting.
The $2.2 billion for buying eight C-17s matches what the…
Bond
WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond said he is optimistic about the future of the C-17 line during a committee meeting this afternoon even though a Senate defense bill currently allocates no funding for the Boeing cargo planes.
The Senate Appropriations Committee met…
