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Cover Story
Dream home
These are exciting times for the more than 3,000 Boeing employees
in Charleston, S.C., where final assembly and delivery factories
for
787 Dreamliners are under construction, along with other
buildings. When these environmentally progressive facilities
at the Boeing South Carolina site are completed and in full operation,
Boeing employees will assemble and deliver commercial jetliners
from both coasts of the United States.
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Historical Perspective
Planes to salmon
Boeing’s Plant 2 in South Seattle is empty today, but
it was once the busy birthplace for a number of famous Boeing
planes, including the B-17, B-52, B-47 and 737 commercial jet.
The old factory building is scheduled to be demolished later
this year as part of a Boeing environmental project to restore
habitat for fish and wildlife along the nearby Duwamish Waterway.
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Shared Services Group
Burn notice
Boeing operates one of the largest private fire departments
in the world, and the company’s more than 400 firefighters
routinely undergo training at various sites to make them better
prepared for any kind of emergency. As a result, Boeing is an
industry leader in aircraft rescue and firefighting.
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 TOM
TATUM/BOEING |
 ELIZABETH
MORRELL/BOEING |
Special features
Winning by ‘losing’
Do Boeing’s Well Being programs work? Just ask James Kiely
with Boeing’s Space Shuttle program in Houston. After making
some healthy decisions to get in shape, and taking the company’s
online heath assessment, Kiely is eating better and exercising
regularly -- and listening to his health coach. He’s
dropped down six pant sizes since the first of the year.
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Commercial Airplanes
Lighting the way
Boeing has manufacturing partnerships with a number of community-based
organizations such as Lighthouse for the Blind. It’s a
win-win situation for Boeing and these small businesses: Individuals
with disabilities feel a sense of purpose and empowerment holding
jobs and performing the work, and Boeing gets top-quality components,
whether they’re parts for commercial jets or for upgraded
KC-135 military tankers.
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 MARIAN
LOCKHART/BOEING |
 LEWIS
BYRD/TAPESTRY SOLUTIONS |
Defense, Space & Security
Clutch cargo
Boeing subsidiary Tapestry Solutions plans the routes and helps
the U.S. Army keep track of contract truckers delivering everything
from food to clothing to medical supplies in Afghanistan. The
satellite-based system, which also provides data to help convoys
operate more safely in hazardous areas, was first used in Iraq.
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