Boeing’s Kansas facility has been in operation since 1929. The Chicago-based aerospace company won a $35 billion contract to supply the U.S. Air Force with aerial-refueling tankers last February.

Boeing said in November it would decide by early 2012 whether to close its Kansas facilities, including the military-aircraft plant. The departure from Wichita will be “a historic moment, but ...

Boeing said it will continue to have a significant impact on the Kansas economy and its aerospace industry. The Chicago-based company spent more than $3.2 billion with 475 Kansas suppliers last year.

It also is the home of Boeing’s B-52 bomber and 767 tanker aircraft programs, as well as other work. The Wichita and Kansas economies stand to lose over 9,500 jobs by the end of 2013.

Shares of Boeing fell 58 cents to close at $82.35 in trading Monday on the New York Stock Exchange, where it has traded in a 52-week range of $56.22 to $84.23.

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. "For more than 80 years ...

Residents of Wichita, Kansas, are outraged after Boeing announced Wednesday that it will close a massive defense plant there. More than 2,000 highly skilled jobs will be gone by the end of next ...

Boeing said Monday it is studying the future of its Wichita, Kan., defense facility, and one option is closing it. The military modifications plant, which employs about 2,100 people, is where ...

Boeing is Kansas’ largest private employer; about 7,200 people work at the Wichita commercial plant, along with as many as 1,300 at the two smaller facilities in Oklahoma.

Boeing Co. will move engineering work on its 757 narrow-body jet fuselage to Wichita, Kan., from Renton, Wash., leaving more than 80 employees to look for new jobs, the company said.