{"id":266162,"date":"2025-11-11T16:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/?p=266162"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:34:27","slug":"pr-11-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samaritanspurse.org\/es\/media\/pr-11-11-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Friday: Samaritan\u2019s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday: Samaritan\u2019s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8 <\/h1>\r\n <\/hgroup>\r\n <\/header>\r\n
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BOONE, N.C., Nov. 11, 2025—<\/strong>This Friday, November 14<\/i>, international Christian relief organization Samaritan\u2019s Purse will ceremonially retire its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft<\/a> and dedicate its new Boeing 767 at its Airlift Response Center in Greensboro, North Carolina. This event marks a new era for the ministry\u2019s global aviation operations and advances its ability to help suffering families around the world in Jesus\u2019 Name.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

For more than a decade, the Samaritan\u2019s Purse DC-8 served as the organization\u2019s primary heavy-lift aircraft\u2014airlifting more than 9.2 million pounds of life-saving cargo<\/b> on 217 missions<\/b> worldwide. First acquired in 2015, the aircraft became an indispensable tool for delivering emergency supplies to people suffering after natural disasters, conflicts, and humanitarian crises. It is now the last U.S. registered DC-8 still flying.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Now, that legacy continues with the newly commissioned Boeing 767—a modern cargo aircraft that expands the ministry\u2019s capacity to respond rapidly and efficiently wherever disaster strikes. <\/p>\r\n\r\n

\u201cAviation is an incredible tool for Samaritan\u2019s Purse. Every one of our cargo planes says \u2018Helping in Jesus\u2019 Name\u2019 right across the nose of the aircraft. After a disaster strikes, we want people to know why we are bringing life-saving supplies. We want them to know that God loves them and they\u2019re not forgotten,\u201d <\/i> dijo Franklin Graham<\/a>, el presidente de Samaritan's Purse. \u201cGod has used this DC-8 cargo plane to impact hundreds of thousands of lives—and He is using it right up to the very end of its service life. As we retire the DC-8, we are grateful to God for the 767 taking its place. It will allow us to transport far more supplies—faster and more effectively—and will continue the work of bringing the hope of the Gospel to people around the world.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n