BOEING GIVES LARGE C-17 MODEL TO MUSEUM OF AVIATION

Warner Robins, GA -- The Boeing Company has donated a large model of the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter to the Museum of Aviation for an outdoor display near the Museum’s Eagle Building South Entrance. A ceremony to officially unveil the model will be held in front of the Museum on Friday, June 24 at 11:00 a.m. Speaking at the ceremony will be “Gus” Urzua, Boeing Vice President and Program Manager of the C-17 Sustainment Partnership, and Major General Bob McMahan, Commander, Warner Robins Air Logistics Center at Robins Air Force Base. Following the ceremony there will be lunch hosted by Pat Bartness, President and Chief Operating Officer of the Museum of Aviation Foundation, in honor of Boeing’s significant contributions to the Museum and the Foundation over the years.

The model has a ten-foot wingspan and sits atop a high pole next to a large Museum Aviation sign. “The site near the Museum entrance has been improved with pavers and our Museum Logo so it can serve as a good ‘photo opportunity’ for visitors,” said Museum Director Ken Emery and ribbon- cutting master of ceremonies. “And it also represents the work Robins Air Force Base does in maintaining the C-17 – the Air Force’s newest airlifter.”

The 402d Maintenance Wing (MXW) at Robins Air Force Base provides depot maintenance, engineering support and software development for the C-17 aircraft.

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TWO ATTACHMENTS: 1) C-17 Fact Sheet and 2) Biography of Gustavo M. Urzua