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Air Force Once Again Halts KC-46 Deliveries Due to Debris on Boeing Flight Line

By Vivienne Machi

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

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Air Force Once Again Halts KC-46 Deliveries Due to Debris on Boeing Flight Line

The KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling aircraft. Boeing took a $67 million charge for the program in the third quarter. (Photo: Boeing)

Air Force leadership said April 2 that it has halted deliveries of the Boeing [BA]-made KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueler for the second time in less than two months after inspectors found new foreign object debris (FOD) on the flight line. Testifying before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said the service had once more halted deliveries after FOD was found in closed compartments. She told HASC Chair Adam Smith (D-Wash.) that additional measures are being…

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