A top U.S. Navy officer acknowledged the great work of the Boeing employees “whose hands lovingly handcrafted this wonderful, majestic machine,” during a ceremony celebrating a P-8A Poseidon delivery to a U.S. Naval Reserve squadron last week.
“I know that literally thousands of hands have had a part in putting this piece of machinery together,” said Vice Admiral John Mustin, chief of Navy Reserve.
“It gives me great confidence knowing that my sailors are going to employ this – sometimes in arduous conditions, sometimes against well-motivated adversaries – and never have more confidence that the quality of an airframe is so significant that we can sleep soundly at night knowing that we can focus on our mission, because we’ve got the best kit in the world,” he said.