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Boeing Company
American company
Witness the launching of an X-15 from under a U.S. Air Force B-52 mother ship
History of Boeing Company
Observe KC-135A Stratotanker taking off on a test flight
Watch Boeing 747 undergoing a comprehensive inspection called D-Check

Content: Boeing Business Jets, a joint venture of Boeing and General Electric Co., makes and markets business jets based on the 737-700 airliner as well as VIP versions of the 747, 777, and 787 airliners. Witness the launching of an X-15 from under a U.S. Air Force B-52 mother ship
An X-15 air launched from under a U.S. Air Force B-52 mother ship, c. 1960s. NASA/Dryden Research Aircraft Movie Collection See all videos for this article
The company’s military-related activities are centred on the design, manufacture, and support of fighter aircraft, bombers, transports, helicopters, and missiles. Its products include, among others, the F-15 Eagle, F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet, and AV-8 Harrier fighters; the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter; the AH-64 Apache series of attack helicopters; the CH-47 Chinook transport helicopter; and the AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft, based on the 767. Boeing contributes to the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor air-superiority stealth fighter and the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. In partnership with Bell Helicopter Textron, it builds the V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, and, with United Technologies ’ Sikorsky division, it made the RAH-66 Comanche armed reconnaissance helicopter.