Last G550 delivered to 89th AW

The 89th Airlift Wing's last Gulfstream 550, also known as C-37B, was delivered to Andrews AFB (MD) on 15 February 2022.

The new aircraft, serial 20-1949, will be used by the 99th Airlift Squadron. This unit has a fleet of five C-37A and seven C-37B in its inventory.

The tail number 1949 is dedicated to the year of the Berlin Airlift, one of the biggest airlift operations in the history of the US Air Force.

At the end of January 2020, the USAF awarded a USD 127,4 million contract to Gulfstream Aerospace for the delivery of two C-37B aircraft. Later on, Gulfstream then brought them up to the C-37B baseline with communications upgrades through L3 Harris, for a total of USD 159 million. The first one, serial 20-1941, was delivered on 3 November 2021.

The construction number of the aircraft is most probably 5614, but this is not confirmed yet.

Photo by USAF