Samaritan’s Purse Dedicates New Boeing 767 and Retires Historic DC-8

Samaritan’s Purse, the international Christian relief organization, will ceremonially retire its Douglas DC-8 cargo aircraft and dedicate its new Boeing 767 on November 14th. For more than a decade, the Samaritan’s Purse DC-8 served as the organization’s primary heavy-lift aircraft—airlifting more than 9.2 million pounds of life-saving cargo on 217 missions worldwide. Now, that legacy continues with the newly commissioned Boeing 767—a modern cargo aircraft that expands the ministry’s capacity to respond rapidly and efficiently wherever disaster strikes. This event marks a new era for the ministry’s global aviation operations and advances its ability to help suffering families around the world in Jesus’ Name.