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Air Force To Hash Out KC-46A Tanker Schedule With Boeing

Air Force To Hash Out KC-46A Tanker Schedule With Boeing
A Boeing KC-46A tanker refuels an F-16. (Photo courtesy of Boeing)

U.S. Air Force officials plan to meet with Boeing [BA] representatives in early or mid-April to try to reach agreement on a new delivery timeline for the delay-plagued KC-46A Pegasus tanker, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said March 30.“Right now, we don’t have an agreement on what that schedule is, and I think probably the most important thing that will come out of that [meeting] is a drive-to date for delivering the first airplane,” Wilson told reporters after speaking at…

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