Boeing Jobs Safe For Now in Macon

(Courtesy Boeing)

A United States Air Force contract means job security for 500 Boeing employees in Macon.

Workers at the Macon plant make part of the fuselage for the C-17 aircraft. The components are then shipped to Boeing's Long Beach, California facility where they are assembled. The 2.9 billion dollar contract is to purchase 15 planes.

The giant transport plane is used to carry equipment, supplies and personnel. The contract will keep the production line moving until August of 2010. During the presidential campaign President Barack Obama expressed his support for the aircraft.

The additional planes should also create more work for Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins where the C-17 is maintained.