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SEATTLE, July 5, 2005 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] today confirmed that Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GPR), the U.S.-based aviation investment firm acting on behalf of the Guggenheim Aviation Investment Fund LP (GAIF), has placed an order for six 747-400ER Freighters valued at approximately US$1.37 billion at list prices. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in late 2006 and continue through the first half of 2008. These airplanes were added to the Boeing orders and deliveries Web site on June 30, attributed to an unidentified customer. "Guggenheim Aviation Partners recognizes the value of the Boeing 747-400 Freighter family as the standard for the...

Troops say they’ll miss tours in Europe By Jason Chudy and Jon R. Anderson, Stars and Stripes European edition, Saturday, August 21, 2004 Troops deployed to the gritty combat zones of Iraq and Central Asia say they’ll miss tours to friendlier assignments in Europe, but the understand the reasons for cutting troops there. It’s reductions to forces from South Korea — a hardship tour for most soldiers — that’s raising eyebrows among many troops. As part of a plan announced by President Bush on Monday, the Pentagon will cut some 70,000 troops from Europe and the Pacific. The bulk of...