Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke, Air National Guard director, speaks to Boeing employees at the final Air Force C-17 Globemaster II
Lt. Gen. Stanley Clarke, Air National Guard director, speaks to Boeing employees at the final Air Force C-17 Globemaster III, P-223, delivery ceremony, Sept. 12, 2013, at Long Beach, Calif. The C-17 was flown from California to Joint Base Charleston, , by pilots to include Clarke, Gen. Paul Selva, Air Mobility Command commander and Lt. Gen. James Jackson, Air Force Reserve commander. This historical event comes more than 20 years after the 437th Airlift Wing and the 315th Airlift Wing took delivery of the very first C-17 to enter the Air Force inventory June 14, 1993 and marks the successful completion of C-17 production for the Air Force.
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