Pratt & Whitney has announced that its F117 engine program had logged more than four million flight hours of operation in the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, covering airlift missions by the US Air Force and the British Royal Air Force. Four F117 engines power each C-17.
The U.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.