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Article: Boeing Engineers' Strike Delays Progress of Air Force Fighter

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February 15, 2000
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SEATTLE (AP) - A nearly week-old strike by Boeing Co. technical workers has delayed some testing and production of the Air Force's next-generation tactical fighter, Air Force Secretary F. Whitten Peters said Monday.

Nine of the F-22 fighters are built or nearing completion, and the strike has delayed a scheduled test for structural strength. Two others are at earlier stages of assembly "and those may be tied up," by the strike, Peters said at a military-media ...

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