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C-17 Airlifter
Related Resources (government documents and letters)
POGO Files
C-17: Unwanted Cargo to Budget
July 1, 2010
POGO letter to Senate; Combating Waste: C-17 Resources Needed for Troops in Afghanistan
October 6, 2009
Combating Waste: C-17 Resources Needed for Troops in Afghanistan
October 6, 2009
Good Government Groups Urge Congress to Remove Funding for More C-17s
September 29, 2009
Good Government Groups Urge Senate to Support McCain Amendment to Strip C-17 Funds from Defense Appropriations Bill Letter urging Senate to support McCain amendment to Strip C-17 funds from Defense Appropriations Bill.
September 29, 2009
Pentagon Report Rebukes Air Force Demands for More C-17s; More C-17s are "Unaffordable," Unnecessary
February 21, 2008
POGO opposes the proposed joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to form the United Launch Alliance
March 16, 2006
Porkbarrel for Boeing: Senate Amendment to Keep C-17 Cargo Jet Production Line Open
November 10, 2005
Ex Boeing Official Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
February 18, 2005
McCain: Pentagon Stonewalls Tanker Investigation
January 31, 2005
Unreleased Document: Pentagon Updates Revolving Door Rules
November 19, 2004
Jail Sentence for Darleen Druyun is warranted, POGO says
October 1, 2004
POGO letter to Members of Congress in response to Boeing's full page ad in the Washington Post
May 4, 2004
Boeing Fires Former Top Air Force Official Over Unethical Conduct
November 24, 2003
GAO Study: Boeing Tanker Compromise Would Save Taxpayers from $3.5 - $4.2 Billion A pair of GAO studies confirmed that the taxpayers would reap huge savings from a compromise proposal of Senators John Warner and Carl Levin to lease 25 and purchase 75 tankers, rather than lease 100.
October 16, 2003
Pentagon Admits Tanker Lease Costs $5.5 Billion More, But Defends the Boeing Handout Anyway
September 23, 2003
POGO Hails Victory for Taxpayers on Boeing Leasing Deal
September 4, 2003
Letter to Department of Defense, Inspector General regarding expansion of inquiry into former Air Force acquisition chief Darleen Druyun's conduct with Boeing
September 4, 2003
Testimony of POGO's Eric Miller on Proposed KC-767A Tanker Lease Testimony was before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
September 3, 2003
Boeing Leasing Deal Originally Conceived to Save Boeing's Faltering Operations post 9/11
September 2, 2003
Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee urging the committee to reject an Air Force proposal to lease 100 Boeing 767 aircraft
August 29, 2003
The Pentagon's Self-Proclaimed "Godmother of the C-17"
January 6, 2003
The Pentagon Attempts to Quietly Push Two Sweetheart Deals for Boeing Through Congress
November 27, 2001
Pentagon May Have Violated Lobbying Prohibition: Email Shows Collusion with Defense Contractors on Pentagon Budget
August 1, 2001
POGO Background Information: C-17 Airlifter
April 20, 2001
Fighting with Failures Series: Case Studies of How the Pentagon Buys Weapons; C-17 Airlifter
April 20, 2001
POGO's Letter in Response to Raised Questions about Air Force/Boeing deal to make the C-17 Cargo Aircraft "Commercial"
March 23, 2001
POGO's Letter in Response to Raised Questions about Air Force/Boeing deal to make the C-17 Cargo Aircraft "Commercial"
March 23, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts Taxpayers
March 19, 2001
Heavy Lifting for Boeing: Sweetheart Deal Helps Defense Contractor and Hurts Taxpayers A December 2000, the Air Force proposed a possibly illegal arrangement to declare Boeing's C-17 military cargo airlifter a "commercial item" -- even though the government is the only purchaser of this plane. The result would be reduced financial oversight of any future Air Force purchases of the cargo plane. The U.S. taxpayers would shoulder a huge sum to artificially create a commercial market for a private company to haul bulky and heavy "outsized" cargo.
March 1, 2001
The C-17 proposal is only the latest in a series of recent attempts by defense contractors to remove financial oversight from government auditors and at the same time improperly increase their profits. The costly plan would be footed by the taxpayers and would give preferential treatment to a private frieght hauler.
Related Resources
Senator McCain's letter to DoD IG Kicklighter on "possibly improper communications between the Air Force" and Boeing for C-17 procurement
Senator John McCain, United State Senate, Committee On Armed Services
September 11, 2007
Letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Senators John McCain, Edward M. Kennedy and Tom Carper,
July 20, 2007
Management Accountability Review of the Boeing KC-767A Tanker Program - Public Version
, Department of Defense Office of the Inspector General
May 2, 2006
Management Accountability Review of the Boeing KC-767A Tanker Program
Report No. OIG-2004-171, Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense
May 13, 2005
GAO finds second case of misconduct in Druyun contracts and recommends a new competition for avionics upgrades for C-130 aircraft
, Government Accountability Office (GAO)
February 24, 2005
GAO finds misconduct tied to Druyun and recommends a new competition for Small Diameter Bomb contract
Anthony H. Gamboa, General Counsel, GAO, Government Accountability Office
February 18, 2005
Statement of Facts Against Sears
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February 18, 2005
Statement filed by Michael Sears
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February 18, 2005
U.S. Attorney press release on the sentencing of Michael M. Sears
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February 18, 2005
The federal government's position regarding the sentencing of former Boeing CFO Michael Sears
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February 15, 2005
U.S. Department of Defense news release
, Department of Defense
February 14, 2005
Guilty Plea of Michael M. Sears the former CFO of Boeing
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November 15, 2004
Aerial Refueling
, Defense Science Board Task Force
May 13, 2004
Letter from Senators John Warner and Carl Levin to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
Senator John Warner and Senator Carl Levin,
September 7, 2003
CRS Report - The Air Force KC-767 Lease Proposal: Key Issues For Congress
, Congressional Research Service (CRS)
August 29, 2003
Letter to Senator Carl Levin from E.C. "Pete" Aldridge
E.C. "Pete" Aldridge,
October 26, 2001
LEAKED: Air Force talking points requested by Defense Secretary Rumsfeld
Col. Lockhart, Department of Defense
March 19, 2001
Draft memorandum between the Air Force and Boeing
, USAF C-17 System Program Office
October 18, 2000
POGO in the News
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Pork!, By Ben Elgin & Keith Epstein, Businessweek, October 29, 2009
POGO Teams Up With McCain to Get Special Forces in Afghanistan More Helicopters, Spencer Ackerman, The Washington Independent, October 5, 2009
In bipartisan vote, Senate protects funding for Boeing C-17 cargo planes, By Richard Simon, The Los Angeles Times, October 1, 2009
In recent years, ties between Air Force, Boeing strained, By Eric Rosenburg, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 29, 2008
Qatar lined up to purchase C-17, program source says, By Bettina H. Chavanne Bradley Perrett, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, February 25, 2008
Young Memo Calls Additional C-17 Buy Costly, By Jen DiMascio, Defense Daily, February 25, 2008
Going Down II, By Robert O'Harrow, Government Inc. at the Washington Post, February 22, 2008
Spending bill funds 10 more Boeing C-17 aircraft, Associated Press, Bellevillenewsdemocrat.com, September 21, 2006
Spending bill keeps Boeing C-17 aircraft line going, by Sam Hananel, Associated Press, June 15, 2006
Boeing, Military Caught in C-17 Numbers Game: Thousands to Lose Jobs If Air Force Kills Plane, By Ameet Sachdev, Chicago Tribune, February 2, 2006
Study sees no need to replace Air Force tankers, By Megan Scully, GovExec.com, January 27, 2006
Senate backs Air Force deal to keep Boeing C-17 going, By Sam Hananel, Associated Press, The Seattle Times, November 11, 2005
Bush nominates official cited in Air Force leasing scandal , By Matt Kelley, USA Today, August 17, 2005
Senate Panel Probes Boeing-Air Force Deal, , National Public Radio, June 7, 2005
Senate Panel Probes Boeing-Air Force Deal, by Peter Overby, National Public Radio, Morning Edition, June 7, 2005
Boeing Still in the Cross Hairs, By Sally B. Donnelly , Time Magazine, March 21, 2005
Pentagon Probes More Air Force Contracts, By Matthew Daly, Associated Press, February 14, 2005
Pentagon Updates Rules on Post-Government Work: Move Follows Boeing Recruitment Scandal, By Renae Merle, The Washington Post, November 19, 2004
Revolving Door Leads to Jail, By Laura Colarusso, Federal Times, October 11, 2004
An Anxious Time for Boeing As a Fired Worker Starts to Talk , by Leslie Wayne, The New York Times, June 16, 2004
Pentagon Delays Decision on Boeing Tanker Deal, with Wendy Kaufman, National Public Radio (NPR), May 26, 2004
Pentagon Says Changes Are Needed in Boeing Jet Deal , By RICHARD A. OPPEL JR., The New York Times, April 10, 2004
Boeing Lax on Hiring By Rules, Review Finds, By Renae Merle, The Washington Post, March 10, 2004
'West Wing' Takes on Tanker-Plane Scandal, , The Washington Post, February 23, 2004
Commerce Watchdog Growls At Industry's "Revolving Door", by Niels C. Serrells, Congressional Quarterly, January 24, 2004
Boeing's call for help from Air Force raises more questions, By Byron Acohido, USA Today, December 8, 2003
Boeing's call for help from Air Force raises more questions, by Byron Acohido, USA Today, December 8, 2003
Stormy Weather: Exit a CEO; enter a new case of cozy ties between Boeing and the Air Force, by Julian E. Barnes , U.S. News and World Report, December 7, 2003
The Pentagon's 'dragon', By Marianne Braun-Rovet and Richard Milrie, Financial Times, November 25, 2003
Senate Oks revised deal to acquire tankers, by Michael Kilian, Chicago Tribune, November 13, 2003
