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Air Force Seeking to Begin KC-46 Boom Fix This Summer

By Vivienne Machi

Friday, June 21st, 2019

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Air Force Seeking to Begin KC-46 Boom Fix This Summer

A KC-46A tanker takes off from Boeing Field outside Seattle en route to McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, Jan. 31, 2019. The program suffered $275 million in charges in the fourth quarter of 2020. Photo: Boeing

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force has initiated its first engineering change proposal for the KC-46A Pegasus program as it plans to award a contract to fix the aerial refueling boom on the new aircraft this summer, the program executive officer for the tanker directorate said June 19. The service approved the KC-46 for deliveries last December with several Category-1 deficiencies still in place, to include the boom and issues related to the Remote Visual System (RVS) (Defense Daily, Jan.…

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