Boeing plans to close its Wichita plant, where in 2005 members of the Machinists Union voted to go on strike, seen in this file photo. Larry W. Smith/Getty Images hide caption ...

Boeing will close its defense plant in Wichita, Kan., by the end of 2013, the company announced Wednesday. The move will mean more work for Boeing's Puget Sound facilities.

Spirit AeroSystems, a key supplier to Boeing, shut down its factory in Wichita, Kansas, on Thursday after workers represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ...

As Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing Co. engage in talks for Boeing to re-acquire what was once its Wichita plant, let me take you back to one of the most emotionally wrenching days I ever had to ...

OKLAHOMA CITY - Up to 1,000 engineering and management jobs will be moving here as Boeing prepares to close its decades-old operation in Wichita. Wednesday's plant-shuttering announcement is a ...

As Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing Co. engage in talks for Boeing to re-acquire what was once its Wichita plant, let me take you back to one of the most emotionally wrenching days I ever had to ...

FILE - In this photo taken with a fish-eye lens, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane sits on the assembly line during a brief media tour in Boeing’s 737 assembly facility in Renton, Wash., March 27 ...

In what would be the most dramatic move yet in the on-going transformation of its airplane-making business, The Boeing Co. is exploring the sale of its commercial manufacturing operations in ...

The Boeing Co. is in talks to buy Spirit AeroSystems, Wichita's largest employer that's trying to weather a deeply troubling 12-month period, according to Friday afternoon statements from both ...

By 1957, Tracy said, Boeing had become the largest defense contractor in the country, and its Wichita plant was a critical part of the business. Boeing sold off a part of itself in 2005 for what ...

As Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing Co. engage in talks for Boeing to re-acquire what was once its Wichita plant, let me take you back to one of the most emotionally wrenching days I ever had to ...