Wednesday's announcement means the loss of 2,100 well-paying jobs at its Kansas facility, which was once considered the centerpiece of Wichita's claim as the air capital of the world.
It also dashes hopes for an additional 7,500 direct and indirect jobs that the company once promised to bring to Wichita with the Air Force air refueling tanker contract.
The work will move to Boeing facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Washington.
Job reductions at the Wichita facility are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2012.
