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However, the company produced 10 &#8220;white tail&#8221; aircraft \u2014 planes that were unclaimed at the time, of which <span class=\"rte rte-comment\">but <\/span>Boeing said it was confident it could find customers<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"><span class=\"rte rte-comment\">for them<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, Canada has claimed one while Australia has claimed two. There is an unnamed Middle Eastern customer, speculated to be Kuwait, which has also procured two. Combined with the four sales to Qatar, that means only one C-17 is left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just where that one will go remains unknown, but there has been reported interest from India, which has received all ten of its ordered planes. The UK also reportedly has shown interest in adding to its fleet in the past. 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