Boeing history chronology

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1991 Jan. 7: The U.S. Secretary of Defense orders the cancellation of the McDonnell Douglas-General Dynamics
A-12 advanced tactical aircraft program.
Jan. 12:
Jan. 19:
Jan. 31:
March 28:
April 5:
April 18:
April 23:
April 30:
June 7:
Aug. 19:
Sept. 15:
October:
Oct. 8:
Dec. 16:
U.S. Army/McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems AH-64A Apache combat helicopters fire first shots
of Operation Desert Storm in the Persian Gulf War. McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagles and F/A-18 Hornets
claim the first aerial victories of the conflict with 10 enemy aircraft downed in the first day.
The second Rockwell X-31 enhanced fighter makes its first flight.
Rockwell national contractor team sets out to develop the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP).
Korea announces it has switched its selection of the F/A-18 Hornet to General Dynamics’ for its Korean
New Fighter Program.
The Boeing-Sikorsky team wins the contract to build the U.S. Army’s RAH-66 Comanche, a new-generation
light helicopter. The program would be cancelled by the Army in 2004.
The 1,000th F/A-18 Hornet is delivered.
The YF-22 tactical fighter developed by Lockheed, Boeing and General Dynamics wins an Air Force
competition over the Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23 for the next-generation air-superiority fighter.
The 1,010th Boeing 707 rolls out of the Renton, Wash., plant, ending a 35-year-old production line.
McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics file a lawsuit over terms of the A-12 cancellation.
McDonnell Douglas announces the sale of McDonnell Douglas Systems Integration Co. (formerly McAuto)
to Electronic Data Systems (EDS) of Dallas, Texas.
The McDonnell Douglas C-17 Globemaster III makes its first flight.
The McDonnell Douglas MD 520N, the world’s quietest helicopter, is delivered to the Phoenix, Ariz.,
Police Department.
First Kuwait Air Force F/A-18 Hornet is delivered.
First flight of first St. Louis-built T-45A Goshawk.
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